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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290 Burlington (Vt.). 147 Buildings. 84 Stores, Retail. 83 Employees. 56 Street photography. 51 Machinery. 47 Men. 41 Portrait photography. 38 Interior architecture. 37 Advertising. 32 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 32 Service stations. 28 Automobiles. 28 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 26 Construction projects. 23 High school students. 23 Trucks. 20 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 20 Construction workers. 20 Department stores. 20 Women. 19 Architectural photography. 13 S.S. Kresge Company. 12 Family. 11 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 11 Offices. 10 Winooski (Vt.). 9 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 9 Dwellings. 9 Restaurants. 8 Exhibit booths. 8 Exhibitions. 7 Auditoriums. 7 Boats and boating. 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Drugstores. 6 Bank buildings. 5 Beauty operators. 5 Painting. 5 Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 5 Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Convenience stores. 4 Cosmetics. 4 Dolls. 4 Street-railroad tracks. 4 Trailers. 3 A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc. 3 Animals. 3 Billboards. 3 Boys. 3 Church buildings. 3 Gas ovens. 3 Manufacturing and Tool Corp. 3 Railroad tracks. 3 Refrigerators. 2 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 2 Airplanes. 2 Burlington International Airport. 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Cows. 2 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Furniture. 2 Hotels. 2 House furnishings. 2 Landscape photography. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Puppets. 2 Stoves. 2 Toys. 2 Van Ness House. 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Burlington Rapid Transit Company. 1 Buses. 1 Children. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Dairying -- Equipment and supplies. 1 Farms. 1 Flowers. 1 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Horses. 1 Infants. 1 Mallets Bay (Vt.). 1 Railroad trains. 1 Snow removal. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Street signs. 1 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Tank trucks. 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Theaters. 1 Urban parks. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Vergennes Inn (Vt.). 1 Wreckers (Vehicles).

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Miniature of Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
Burlington High School - Miscellaneous
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    • Description: Mr. William S. Preston, Jr of F. J. Preston & Son (jewelers) with two BHS students. They look at a selection of dining silverware. Undated but may be 1950s.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Business Enterprises - E-H
    Business Enterprises - E-H
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      • Date Created: 1952
      • Description: 1952 photo of A.C. Hathorne Co. located at t135 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Edgar Chott & Sons
      Edgar Chott & Sons
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        • Description: Mid 1930s Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT Lower level of Memorial Auditorium and a display of boats and boating supplies owned by Edgar Chiott & Sons. Chiott is listed as lighthouse keeper and proprietor in the Burlington city directory. (Duplicate of mcalB08F08i04.)
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
        Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
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          • Description: Undated photo (1929 or early 1930s?) of road construction project along Riverside Ave. The Riverside Service Station selling Socony gasoline is to the extreme right at 152 Riverside Ave. Workmen spread out across the road resurfacing the street. A team of two horses can also be seen assisting with the work.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Chittenden Trust Company - Interiors
          Chittenden Trust Company - Interiors
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            • Description: A view of the interior of the newly constructed Chittenden County Trust Company bank (123 Church Street & 173 College Street)looking toward a raised area in the distance (overlooking City Hall Park to the west). To the left is the long customer / teller counter. Also seen are overhead hanging chandelier lamps, translucent ceiling panels, glass paneled doorways behind the counter leading to inner offices and the architecturally elaborate wall treatment. Several large baskets with floral arrangements adorn the counter and floor. A stairway leads to a lower level to the right. Undated but may be early 1930s.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Creameries
            Creameries
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              • Description: Creamery buildings with trucks parked nearby. Two men handle metal milk cans on one of the trucks.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Penick and Ford (Marble Ave)
              Penick and Ford (Marble Ave)
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                • Description: Employees of Penick & Ford, a bottling plant, work on the assembly line packing bottles of Vermont Maid Syrup. Noted as being the country's third largest maker of corn products in 1931.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Penick and Ford (Marble Ave)
                Penick and Ford (Marble Ave)
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                  • Description: View of a room with Cooper Bessemer machinery at Penick & Ford. Penick & Ford noted as being the country's third largest maker of corn products in 1931. See also mcalA12F14i06
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Stores, Exteriors
                  Stores, Exteriors
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                    • Description: Burlington retail store for Dodge Plymouth automobiles advertising its Spring open house. A man and woman stand outside next to a car; she in fur coat; he next to her with one leg on the running board.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (D-G)
                    Automobiles - Sales and Service (D-G)
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                      • Description: November 1, 1952. Gulf gas service station at the corner of Pearl Street and North Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt. Young's drug store seen to the left. Summer-Fall.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs