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 Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
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    • Description: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's ferry the City of Plattsburg cruising in the waters of Lake Champlain.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Misc
    Champlain Transportation Co. - Misc
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      • Description: 1936 photo of a photo tacked to a surface. Image appears to be a wooden ramp or maybe a portion of a cradle that will hold a ferry being constructed for the Champlain Transportation Company.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Misc
      Champlain Transportation Co. - Misc
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        • Description: 1936 photo of a photo tacked to a surface. Image is very over exposed and washed out. Seen are workmen, a structure, ladders and other construction material. Probably the building of a ferry for the Champlain Transportation Company.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
        Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
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          • Description: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's ferry Roosevelt as it cruises out into Lake Champlain.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
          Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
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            • Description: 1936 photo of the ferry, Roosevelt, on Lake Champlain.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
            Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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              • Description: May 11, 1936. View of one end of a ferry being built in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Shows the underside and support poles. Photo #23.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
              Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                • Description: June 7, 1936 photo of the construction of a ferry for the Champlain Transportation Company. Probably the City of Burlington. The pilot house is taking shape. Photo #35.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Vermont [Steamboat]
                Vermont [Steamboat]
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                  • Description: Vermont III (steamboat) in dry dock at the Shelburne Shipyard.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Vermont [Steamboat]
                  Vermont [Steamboat]
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                    • Description: The Vermont III (steamboat) in dry dock at the Shelburne Shipyard with a workman working on its underside. See also mcalA17F04i18 for another view. Late 1920s, early 1930?
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Vermont [Steamboat]
                    Vermont [Steamboat]
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                      • Description: Side wheeler Vermont III, a steamboat ferry, seen lifted out of the waters of Lake Champlain at the Shelburne Shipyard.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs