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 Vermont Structural Steel
Vermont Structural Steel
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    • Description: Mid 20th century interior view of a large room at Vermont Structural Steel filled with machinery and machine operators. Dated 1951.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
    Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
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      • Date Created: 1934-07-20 00:00:00
      • Description: July 20, 1934. P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 A view of the east elevation of Central Plant taken from Pine Street looking westerly. Also the supervising group responsible for its successful completion.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Circus People
      Circus People
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        • Description: Main Circus sideshow with staging, banners, circus performers, and other employees. The main stage states 'strange people.' The ticket podiums states 'freaks.' Overhead banners advertises 'direct from Iceland Viking Giant alive.' The Circus traveled to Vermont and set up at the Champlain Valley Exposition fairgrounds. 1940s-50s?
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Camp Abnaki - Staff
        Camp Abnaki - Staff
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          • Date Created: 1955
          • Description: 1955 photo of Camp Abnaki staff seated on the steps of one of the main buildings. Photo #4.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          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 an employee at Vt. Structural Steel working on a cone-shaped structure for a building or machine.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington Rock Quarry
            Burlington Rock Quarry
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              • Description: Burlington Rock Quarry and workers in winter conditions
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Burlington Rock Quarry
              Burlington Rock Quarry
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                • Description: Burlington Rock Quarry and quarry workers
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Burlington City Hall Park
                Burlington City Hall Park
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                  • Date Created: 1938-06-04
                  • Description: June 4, 1938. City Hall Park, Burlington, groundskeepers working near fountain. Hotel Vermont seen beyond the elm trees and to the right behind the fountain is Van Ness House. Automobiles and even a Burlington Rapid Transit bus can be seen.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Circus People
                  Circus People
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                    • Description: The Big Circus Side Show staging with banners proclaiming freaks and cavalcade of oddities. Two men stand at the ticket booths on either side of the staging. The Circus traveled to Vermont and set up at the Champlain Valley Exposition fairgrounds. 1940s
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Camp Abnaki
                    Camp Abnaki
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                      • Description: Undated (may be 1961) photo no. 7 of Camp Abnaki staff. Camp was a summer resident camp for boys located in North Hero, Vermont on the shores of Lake Champlain owned by the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association). Seen here is a group portrait of what appears to be staff as they stand for their portrait. A young woman kneeling in front holds a very young child in her lap.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs