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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Burlington Police
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    • Date Created: undated
    • Description: Members of the Burlington Police Department on the steps of City Hall
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    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 DOCKET NO. 2215 A view of the Central Plant with entrances to the office, garages, open sheds and stables.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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        • Date Created: 1934-04-20
        • Description: April 20, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A picture taken while bricklaying was in progress at the Street Dept. Central Plant. View is looking westerly. Photo #31.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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          • Date Created: 1934-04-20
          • Description: April 20, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket #2215 Street Dept. Central Plant Building. A view, looking southerly, of the Central Plant taken at the time steel was being erected.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
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            • Date Created: 1931-05-18
            • Description: May 18, 1931 photograph of a tank truck of the Burlington Street Dept. used for street cleaning
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
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              • Description: 1930s or 1940s photograph no.3 of a sewer maintenance truck of the Burlington Street Dept.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
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                • Date Created: 1944-02-17
                • Description: Photagraph dated Feb. 17, 1944. Original caption reads: "This view shows the Street Department bulldozer clearing the dumping area at the Asphalt Plant. The building in the rear is the Rutland Railroad Engine House."
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
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                  • Date Created: 1944-03-22
                  • Description: Photograph dated Mar. 22, 1944. Original caption read: "This view shows one of our sidewalk plowing and sanding units consisting of a rubber tired Allis-Chalmers IB tractor with Baker V-type 5 ft width plow and a trailer sand spreader designed and built in the Street Department repair shop."
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
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                    • Date Created: 1937-04-17
                    • Description: Photograph dated Apr. 17, 1937 of an Elgin street sweeper used by the Burlington Street Dept.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Burlington Streets: Adams St.
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                      • Description: Undated photograph of a residence at 48 Adams Street
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs