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.
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Sewer Tile Construction Plant
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- Description: Undated but probably March 1937. This view shows the asphalt mixer scales, asphalt bucket, etcx85 used in weighting and mixing the concrete for the manufacture of the reinforced concrete sewer tile. All aggregates were heated in the dryer, screened into bins, and batched by weight. The water was also weighed in the asphalt bucket with the dial scales in the foreground. See also mcalA17F02i10
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Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture
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- Date Created: 1960-1961
- Description: 1960/1961. Sheldon Academy of Beauty and Culture located in Burlington, Vermont. A group of men and women, students of a local beauty salon or cosmetology school gather for a group photo. Photo #3.
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Shelburne Shipyard
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- Description: Two crew men from the Shelburne Shipyard stand on the huge boat cradle that is partially submerged in the waters of Lake Champlain.
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South Burlington Central School Graduation
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- Date Created: 1956-1957
- Description: 1956 / 1957 South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington with portion of class slogan ("No Victory ...") seen behind. Photo #2.
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South Burlington Central School Graduation
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- Description: South Burlington Central School Graduation at Burlington Memorial Auditorium with portion of class slogan ("Forward ever...") seen in the back. Photo #3.
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Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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- Description: A woman wears a long dress and sits in an upholstered chair in the corner of a living room in front of a curtained window with potted plants; perhaps her home. A fireplace is seen to the left. See the same woman also in mcalA16F01i05, i07, i08
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Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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- Description: A woman wears a long dress and stands in the corner of a living room in front of a curtained window; perhaps her home. See the same woman in a different dress also in mcalA16F01i05, i06, i08
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Portraits, individuals, unidentified
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- Description: Photo of a mature woman in a floral print top and dark skirt standing outside at the corner of a building; perhaps her home. The building is clapboard sided and has ferns, shrubs and flowers planted on the property.
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Portraits, Religious Sisters [Nuns], Unidentified
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- Description: Photo of six nuns outside near an arbor or trellis. They may be associated with Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont.
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Queen City Park, So. Burlington
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- Description: Photo of a large three story hotel in Queen City Park, So. Burlington, Vermont. Railings wrap around the 2nd and 3rd story porches. Believed to have burned in the 1930s.
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