Louis L. McAllister Photographs

Louis L. McAllister photographed people and places near Burlington, Vermont for 60 years. He was born in Columbus, Nebraska on October 16, 1876, the son of Julius S. McAllister (born 1841 in Lincoln, VT) and Rosette Gould (born in Vermont in 1851). Julius McAllister worked as a photographer and dentist in Washington D.C., Bristol, Vermont and Columbus, Nebraska. Around 1895, Julius, his third wife Amy, and their children left Nebraska for the Union Soldiers’ Colony in Fitzgerald, Georgia. By 1900, Julius and Amy were divorced, and Amy and her stepson Louis were working as photographers in Thomasville, Georgia. In 1907 Louis McAllister married Cora Shepard (born about 1872 in Vermont) in Holland, Michigan. By 1910, they were living in Queen City Park in South Burlington, Vermont, where Louis established a photography studio. The McAllisters moved to Burlington, and by 1919 they lived at 47 N. Winooski Avenue. They continued to occupy a summer cottage at Queen City Park, and were active in the Queen City Park Association, which held spiritualist camp meetings annually. McAllister conducted his photography business from home until his death in 1963. McAllister’s “trademark” was his panorama camera which made him familiar to all sorts of groups ranging from graduating classes to state police to summer camp groups. In addition he did print 8 x 10 photos, many of which document building construction and Burlington Street Department projects, as well as group and individual portraits. The L.L. McAllister Collection includes portraits, construction projects, buildings, businesses and events in the Burlington area covering the period ca. 1920-1960. The collection also includes photos of street, bridge, airport and sewer construction and repair, as well as group portraits of clubs, schools, etc. Revised April, 2010

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91 Burlington (Vt.). 83 Business. 81 Portrait photography. 58 Men. 45 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 44 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 39 Buildings. 31 Machinery. 22 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 22 Women. 11 Automobiles. 11 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 10 Construction workers. 10 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 10 Offices. 9 Hospitals. 9 Restaurants. 8 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 8 Service stations. 8 Trucks. 8 Winooski (Vt.). 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Urban parks. 6 Architectural photography. 5 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Interior architecture. 5 Nurses. 5 Quarries and quarrying. 5 Stores, Retail. 5 Young men. 4 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Young women. 3 Camps. 3 Children. 3 Factories. 3 Flag raising and lowering. 3 Furniture. 3 Gas ovens. 3 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 2 Athletics. 2 Boys. 2 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 2 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 2 College students. 2 Construction projects. 2 Grand Isle (Vt.). 2 High school students. 2 Landscape photography. 2 Sand and gravel mines and mining. 2 Sideshows. 2 Stoves. 2 Street photography. 2 Totem poles. 2 Williston (Vt.). 1 Advertising. 1 Animals. 1 Boats and boating. 1 Cafeterias. 1 Camping. 1 Champlain Transportation Company. 1 Church buildings. 1 Circus performers. 1 Classrooms. 1 Convenience stores. 1 Cows. 1 Department stores. 1 Dwellings. 1 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Family. 1 High school athletes. 1 Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.). 1 Nuns. 1 Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 1 Priests. 1 Refuse and refuse disposal. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Van Ness House. 1 Waste disposal sites.

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Miniature of Burlington Asphalt Plant
Burlington Asphalt Plant
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    • Date Created: undated
    • Description: Burlington Asphalt Plant employees, trucks, horse
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Burlington Dump
    Burlington Dump
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      • Date Created: 1944-03-18
      • Description: March 18, 1944. This view shows the inside of the Salvage Depot during the process of baling salvage paper and cardboard. The Street Department erected this building with its own employees and with material salvaged from various and sundry jobs. The Street Department purchased this baler and scales for the baling and weighing of salvage materials. The bale of pasteboard and cartons shown on the scales weight approximately 100 lbs. The salvage process will continue at this plant as a regular function of the operation of the Municipal Refuse Disposal Grounds of the Street Department after the War is over and for helping to pay the operating costs of the grounds.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (H-P)
      Automobiles - Sales and Service (H-P)
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        • Description: 1947 Employees and delivery truck in front of used car dealership and service station owned by Frank E. Patnaude; Lincoln, Mercury, used cars. Garages at 1 Pearl Street, Burlington, Vt.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Black Cat Cafe
        Black Cat Cafe
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          • Description: 1935/37 Black Cat Cafe & Sea Grill at 160 Bank St, Burlington, Vermont. Interior photo. Employees and management stand for a group photo. Charles Chantis, proprietor. The restaurant burned in the 1970s along with the rest of the block.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Business Enterprises - I-Z
          Business Enterprises - I-Z
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            • Description: Spring 1950 photo of A. J. Lesage Market at 93 West Street, Winooski, Vermont.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
            Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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              • Date Created: 1949
              • Description: Two men in shirt and tie playing horse shoes. 1949. Other male participants some holding horse shoes stand behind. Photo #2.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
              Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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                • Date Created: 1951
                • Description: 1951 photo of a man appearing to be placing a pin on the lapel of another man while four other men look on. They stand in a large open space in a commercial building. A metal office desk is behind them.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
                Portraits - Individuals
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                  • Date Created: 1951
                  • Description: A workman uses a wrench to tighten a bolt as he works on a vertical chute or conveyor belt. He stands in an open industrial commercial room with a brick floor. A large open bin seen to the right.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Scrap Metal Collection
                  Scrap Metal Collection
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 - Scrap Metal Collection. Seen is a huge dumpster full of metal cans and other scrap. Two men have shovels and stand in a chute. Two other men stand nearby. Chute leads down into a building.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
                    Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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                      • Date Created: circa 1951
                      • Description: Ca. 1951 photo of the administrative office at Vt. Structural Steel. Three employees are present but difficult to see because of the under exposure and blurred areas.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs