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 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 a warehouse at Vt. Structural Steel, with large piles of beams and J-shaped rods, very likely for reinforcing concrete.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Houses - Identified
    Houses - Identified
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      • Description: The Randall Inn, 98 College St., Burlington, Vermont. Listed in the 1927 City Directory with names Mrs. Margaret and Walter M. Randall with small picture of the house; in the 1931 City Directory as having "tourists' accommodations, large outside rooms, garage, all rooms newly refurnished and with continuous hot and cold water also rooms with private bath, permanent guests desired through the winter." Chauncey W. Smith, manager. Larger photo appears in the the 1935 City Directory. No longer exists.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Kresge's (Burlington Store) - exteriors, excavation, construction
      Kresge's (Burlington Store) - exteriors, excavation, construction
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        • Date Created: 1955-04-20
        • Description: April 20, 1955. Construction of S.S. Kresge Company store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. W. C. Calhoun, supt. Seen is a corner of the building construction.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Store Windows
        Store Windows
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          • Description: Advertising display for Young's Pharmacy showing Squibb Mineral Oil products.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Burlington Streets: Intervale
          Burlington Streets: Intervale
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            • Date Created: undated
            • Description: Undated but may be from around 1930. This is a neighborhood grocery store located at the intersection of Riverside Ave and Intervale Ave. This photo appears in "Images of America Burlington, Vol. 2, p. 60. Authors suggest this store may have been owned by Sophia Saiger as she is listed as being a grocer in the 1930 city directory and residing at 178 Intervale Ave.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs,Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington Streets: Main Street (Lower)
            Burlington Streets: Main Street (Lower)
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              • Date Created: 1943-05-05
              • Description: May 5, 1943. Rail Removal Project. Burlington, Vermont by the city street dept. This view, looking east up the hill, shows Rail Removal Project at intersection of Main Street and So. Winooski Ave. where a hot-mix asphalt pavement had been constructed over the top of the rails to a depth of 2 to 3 inches. On the right are businesses that include (extreme right) Kent-Thomas Co advertising Armstrong tires at 211-213 Main, further up is 229 Main location of Nourse's restaurant. Across the street at 220 Main is the Chittenden County Jail, J. Frederick Lynch, county sheriff.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
              Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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                • Date Created: 1933
                • Description: 1933 view of South Winooski Ave opposite Central Fire Station showing three vehicles belonging to O. C. Taylor & Co., a wholesale tobacco business, advertising Roi-Tan cigars. Behind is Appleyard Motor Co., a used car dealer at No. 129. To the right is the A. D. Pease Grain Co. at 125 So Winooski Ave.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
                Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
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                  • Description: Charles P. Smith, Jr. Inc. located at 87 St. near College Street. Car dealership for Ford, Lincoln-Zephyr and Mercury cars. Next door and to the far right is the First Baptist Church at 81 St. Paul.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
                  Blodgett Oven Company
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                    • Description: 1947/1949 An employee of the G. S. Blodgett Co. works on an industrial oven on the assembly line at the manufacturing plant located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. Workshop machinery seen in the background.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
                    Blodgett Oven Company
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                      • Date Created: 1949
                      • Description: 1949 photo of a product packed for shipment at the Blodgett oven company located at 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. Labeling on the side gives product information including weight of 684 pounds and a date of March 1949. A view of the manufacturing plant seen in the background.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs