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.
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Cathedral High School - Majorettes
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- Description: Cathedral High School majorettes posing on bleachers. Photograph is dated 1957.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral High School - Majorettes
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- Description: Cathedral High School majorettes posing on bleachers. Photograph is dated 1958.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Religion Classes
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 portrait photo of students of a religion class outside on the steps of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Photo #5.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Marine Co Inc (Malletts Bay)
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: 1958 Champlain Marine Co Inc (Malletts Bay) photo of sale on Evinrude outboard motor boats seen inside a tent. Flotation cushions are suspended in the background. See also mcalA01F11i18.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
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- Date Created: 1936-07-02
- Description: July 2, 1936 close up broadside photo of the Champlain Transportation Company "City of Burlington" ferry. This may be the launching preparation. The boat is still in dry dock. Photo #66.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Marine Co Inc (Malletts Bay)
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: 1958 Champlain Marine Co Inc (Malletts Bay) photo. Dome shaped tent-like structure near an unpaved access road next to an open sided shed with motor boats on display. At center bottom a shadow of a person (the photographer). See also mcalB07F10i07, mcalA01F11i15.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Plattsburgh"
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936 broadside photo of two Champlain Transportation Company's ferries cruising on Lake Champlain. One of them being the City of Plattsburg; perhaps the other is the City of Burlington. Photo #1.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
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- Date Created: 1936-07-05
- Description: July 5, 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's "City of Burlington" ferry in Lake Champlain. Its rudder and propeller still out of the water. Robes and cables are attached to the boat. A ladder seen to the left hangs from the main deck into the water below. Photo #69.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company doubled ended ferry City of Burlington decked out with streamer flags in preparation of her launching.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Date Created: 1936
- Description: 1936 photo of the arrival of a Cooper-Bessemer engine destined for a Champlain Transportation Company ferry. The engine is aboard a railroad flatbed car.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs