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 Portraits - Unidentified Groups
Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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    • Date Created: circa 1945
    • Description: Ca. 1945 photo of 5 men, 2 women, all employees, apparently, of an unidentified business. This is the same office seen in mcalB15F20i09.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Portraits - Groups, Identified
    Portraits - Groups, Identified
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      • Date Created: 1945
      • Description: 1945 photo of Texaco Oil Co. employees standing outside a building. Oil barrels seen behind them. Photo #3. City directory lists The Texas Co, a gas and oil company located on Lake Street in Burlington.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Portraits - Unidentified Groups
      Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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        • Date Created: 1944
        • Description: 1944 photo of four men, very likely in a business setting, with unpainted walls in the background. Names, location, occasion are unknown.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
        Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
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          • Date Created: 1936
          • Description: 1936. (See mcalB18F20i03) Management team of Burlington Grocery Co., 47-49 Maple St., Burlington, VT. The Burl. City Directory listed the following administrative positions: Sam C. Blodgett, pres.; Edward F. Holbrook, vice pres.; and treas. William F. Holbrook.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Winooski, VT - American Woolen Mills Flag Raising
          Winooski, VT - American Woolen Mills Flag Raising
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            • Date Created: 1922
            • Description: 1922 flag raising at the American Woolen Mills in Winooski, Vermont. This could have occurred on July 4th or perhaps on Labor Day, when the mill sponsored a "Field Day" for mill workers and their families. The street seen here is very likely Follett St., with the Congregational Church at the top of the hill (upper left). (Photo 1 of five images that create a panoramic view when placed together.)
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Staff
            Camp Abnaki - Staff
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              • Date Created: 1951
              • Description: 1951 group photo of Camp Abnaki staff. Photo #3. The man seated to the right of the totem pole is pictured in other camp photos of the 1950s. mcalB04F19i08, mcalB04F22i08, mcalB04F22i09
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Mary Fletcher Hospital - Staff
              Mary Fletcher Hospital - Staff
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                • Date Created: 1950
                • Description: 1950 photo of four female nurses of Mary Fletcher Hospital staff. Photo #9.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Mary Fletcher Hospital - Staff
                Mary Fletcher Hospital - Staff
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                  • Date Created: 1950
                  • Description: 1950 photo of Mary Fletcher Hospital staff. Photo #11.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Sewer Tile Construction Plant
                  Sewer Tile Construction Plant
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                    • Description: View of a sewer pipe construction plant. Pipes were once made of clay or concrete tiles formed around a hollow core. Could this be the Justis Vault Co. on Riverside Ave, Burlington in the 1930s?
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Sewer Tile Construction Plant
                    Sewer Tile Construction Plant
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                      • Date Created: 1937-03-05
                      • Description: March 5, 1937. This view shows the inside of the pouring plant in the construction of sewer tile pipes. Note the overhead track used for pulling the steel cores. Could this be the Justis Vault Co. on Riverside Ave, Burlington?
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs