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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Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
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- Description: Photo of oven hardware used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont. Undated.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Blodgett Oven Company - Ovens
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- Description: 1946/1953 photo of a multi deck oven with doors closed. Made by G. S. Blodgett Co. of Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Boats
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- Date Created: 1944/1945
- Description: 1944-1945 photo of a large boat possibly under construction at the Shelburne Shipyard. View from the ground looking up the side of the ship.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Blodgett Oven Company - Ovens
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- Description: 1946/1953 photo taken from above of a multi deck oven with doors closed. View of part of the plant seen in the background. Made by G. S. Blodgett Co. of Burlington, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Bristol School -Baseball
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- Date Created: 1945/1946
- Description: 1945-1946 Bristol School baseball team taken in front of the old high school, Bristol, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Bowling Leagues
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of a men's bowling league team. Six men stand behind a table on which bowling pins, trophies and bowling balls are placed. In the 1940s there were four alleys listed in the city directory in Burlington as well as one each in Winooski and Essex Junction.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Bristol School -Cheerleaders
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- Description: Bristol School cheerleaders pose in front of the old high school with magaphones. Bristol, Vermont. Undated but may be 1940s. Photo #21.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Airport
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- Date Created: 1935/1936
- Description: 1935/1936 photo of a garage or other building at the Burlington Airport, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Business College
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- Date Created: 1942
- Description: 1942 Burlington Business College Christmas party with Santa Claus attending. One woman holds a large doll.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Airport
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of the Northeast Airlines building at the Burlington Airport, Vermont.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs