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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624 Burlington (Vt.). 330 Architectural photography. 229 Construction projects. 147 Business. 132 Dwellings. 110 Interior architecture. 95 Portrait photography. 89 Hospitals. 88 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 77 Street photography. 70 Men. 59 Landscape photography. 57 Burlington International Airport. 54 Machinery. 54 Women. 52 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 48 Housing. 47 University of Vermont. 47 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 46 Automobiles. 41 Grand Isle (Vt.). 39 Employees. 38 Stores, Retail. 38 Winooski (Vt.). 37 Construction workers. 35 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 34 Camps. 32 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 31 Department stores. 30 Priests. 28 St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.). 27 S.S. Kresge Company. 27 Students. 24 Bridges. 24 Young women. 23 Service stations. 23 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 22 Shelburne (Vt.). 21 United States Public Works Administration. 19 Auditoriums. 17 Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.). 17 Winooski River (Vt.). 16 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 15 Colchester (Vt.). 15 Girls. 15 Trucks. 14 Class reunions. 12 College students. 12 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 12 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 12 Young men. 11 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 11 Railroad tracks. 11 Rivers. 10 Museums. 10 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 9 Animals. 9 Banners. 9 Boats and boating. 9 Gymnasiums. 8 Bank buildings. 8 Camping. 8 Manufacturing and Tool Corp. 8 Nuns. 8 Sand and gravel mines and mining. 8 Waste disposal sites. 7 Barns. 7 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 College graduates. 7 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Factories. 7 Family. 7 Nurses. 7 Vergennes (Vt.). 7 Williston (Vt.). 6 Church buildings. 6 Furniture. 6 High school graduates. 6 Painting. 6 Refuse and refuse disposal. 6 Shelburne Museum. 5 Champlain, Lake. 5 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Flood damage. 5 Hotels. 5 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 5 Shelburne Shipyard, Inc. 4 Advertising. 4 American Legion. 4 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 4 Chapels. 4 Christmas greens. 4 College teachers. 4 General Electric Company. 4 House furnishings. 4 Musicians. 4 Reunions. 4 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Theaters. 4 Urban parks. 3 Bands (Music). 3 Boys. 3 Bridegrooms. 3 Brides. 3 Cake. 3 Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.). 3 Exhibit booths. 3 Farms. 3 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Horses. 3 Motels. 3 Oil storage tanks. 3 Street signs. 3 Street-railroad tracks. 3 Trailers. 2 Airplanes. 2 Buses. 2 Cafeterias. 2 Chairs. 2 Children. 2 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Convenience stores. 2 Dance. 2 Drugstores. 2 Farmhouses. 2 First communion. 2 Mallets Bay (Vt.). 2 Middlebury (Vt.). 2 Middlebury College. 2 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 2 Musical groups. 2 Railroad trains. 2 Robert Hull Fleming Museum. 2 School children. 2 Snow removal. 2 Soldiers. 2 Totem poles. 2 United Service Organizations (U.S.). 2 United States Work Projects Administration. 2 Worship programs. 1 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 1 Actors. 1 American Red Cross. 1 Baseball. 1 Boy Scouts. 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Camp MacArthur (Vt.). 1 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Costume. 1 Cows. 1 DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Dolls. 1 Drum majorettes. 1 Essex Junction (Vt.). 1 Exhibitions. 1 Gardens. 1 Greek letter societies. 1 Handicraft. 1 High school athletes. 1 High school buildings. 1 High school students. 1 High school teachers. 1 Lighthouses. 1 Montpelier (Vt.). 1 Santa Claus. 1 Sewage disposal. 1 St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Tank trucks. 1 Tennis. 1 Van Ness House. 1 Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.). 1 Waitsfield (Vt.). 1 Weddings. 1 Wreckers (Vehicles).

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Miniature of Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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    • Date Created: 1934-06-04
    • Description: June 4, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215. A view of the roof of the Street Dept. Central Plant during the application of roofing.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
    Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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      • Date Created: 1934-05-11
      • Description: May 11, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the eastern and western elevations of the Street Dept. Central Plant taken from Pine St. looking westerly.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
      Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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        • Date Created: 1934-06-04
        • Description: June 4, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215 A view showing the roofing construction during one of its various stages on the Street Dept. Central Plant Building.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
        Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
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          • Date Created: 1934-04-23
          • Description: April 23, 1934 view of Pearl Street. Elm trees and dwellings line both sides of the road. A filling station is to the right. On the left cement steps are seen leading from the curb across the green belt (tree belt) to nearby homes. Automobiles are parked along the sides of the street as others travel along it.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Burlington Airport
          Burlington Airport
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            • Date Created: 1937-1939
            • Description: This view shows the new wooden Hangar as it appeared about June 1, 1937 after the concrete foundations had been completed and the timber structure started. McAllister embossed name seen in the lower right.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington Airport
            Burlington Airport
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              • Date Created: 1937-1939
              • Description: Construction of the hangar at the Burlington Municipal Airport in this dated June 15, 1937 photo. Timber framework going up. Construction workers can be seen on top. McAllister's name embossed in the lower right above handwritten date.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
              Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
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                • Description: Pine Street Central Plant Storehouse No. 1 This view shows storehouse No. 1 as it appeared on July 1, 1943, after improvement had been completed on the easterly side. Imitation brick siding was used for this job. All work on this building including the moving, re-erection, fabricating and erecting the timber trusses (using TECO Split Ring Connectors) and all other details of construction were accomplished with regular Street Department employees during periods when these men were not needed on regular Departmental work considerable of which was cold weather.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
                Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
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                  • Description: Structures at the Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant in winter
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Construction Sites
                  Construction Sites
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                    • Description: Photo taken 1951-1953 of the construction of a building. Location unknown but may be downtown Burlington, Vermont. A large crane is seen and several cars are parked nearby.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Nazareth School - Graduates
                    Nazareth School - Graduates
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                      • Date Created: 1932
                      • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1932 (according to the parish history published in 1988), with Rev. Norbert Proulx, pastor (1920-1933), the elder among the four priests. Fr. Proulx oversaw the construction of the new school, which was built in 1929. The students, dressed very elegantly (obviously before caps and gowns became standard), proudly hold their diplomas.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs