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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Miniature of Sewer Projects
Sewer Projects
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    • Description: Winooski Bridge Construction ; sewer project ; view of rebar supports
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Bridges, Potash Brook
    Bridges, Potash Brook
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      • Date Created: 1928-11-20
      • Description: Completed bridge improvement construction, November 20, 1928, Potash Brook, South Burlington
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Bridges, Potash Brook
      Bridges, Potash Brook
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        • Date Created: 1928
        • Description: Completed bridge improvement construction, Potash Brook, South Burlington
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Bridges, Railroad
        Bridges, Railroad
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          • Date Created: undated
          • Description: Metal truss railroad bridge
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Buildings: Unidentified
          Buildings: Unidentified
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            • Date Created: undated
            • Description: Small sided building, possibly a pump house, next to stairway and birch trees
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Crown Point Bridge (Lake Champlain)
            Crown Point Bridge (Lake Champlain)
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              • Description: Crown Point Bridge, New York state with patriotic festoon banners hanging from the railings and overhead supports. Undated.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Winooski Bridge
              Winooski Bridge
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                • Description: View of the Winooski Bridge with trolley tracks in the pavement looking up Colchester Ave. on the Burlington side. Lower Winooski Road (Riverside Ave) bears to the right.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Winooski Bridge (4X5's)
                Winooski Bridge (4X5's)
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                  • Date Created: 1928-11-26
                  • Description: November 26, 1928. The new Winooski Bridge taken from Winooski lower Road (i.e. Riverside Ave).
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
                  Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
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                    • Date Created: 1928-06-12
                    • Description: June 12, 1928. A view of the new construction of the Winooski Bridge to the left and of the temporary pontoon bridge to the right. Only pedestrians were allowed on the pontoon bridge that was built after the 1927 flood. Champlain Mill is the large building in the background.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Heineberg Bridge (new)
                    Heineberg Bridge (new)
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                      • Description: Photograph dated 1936 showing early stages of the construction project for the new Heineberg Bridge
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs