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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99 Burlington (Vt.). 46 Buildings. 28 Business. 27 Street photography. 25 Construction projects. 21 Traffic accidents. 16 Architectural photography. 12 Animals. 12 Men. 12 Service stations. 11 Employees. 11 Landscape photography. 8 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 8 Burlington International Airport. 6 Dwellings. 6 Winooski (Vt.). 5 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Construction workers. 5 Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.). 5 Portrait photography. 5 Stores, Retail. 5 Women. 4 Hospitals. 4 Interior architecture. 4 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Soldiers. 4 Street signs. 4 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Trucks. 4 Urban parks. 3 Billboards. 3 Children. 3 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 3 Horses. 3 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 3 Police. 3 Theaters. 3 Vermont Emergency Relief Administration. 3 Vermont State Police. 3 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 3 Wreckers (Vehicles). 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Drugstores. 2 Factories. 2 Family. 2 Ferries. 2 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 2 Machinery. 2 Military supplies. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Railroad tracks. 2 Street-railroad tracks. 2 University of Vermont. 2 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 2 Women veterans. 1 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 1 Advertising. 1 Armed Forces -- Officers. 1 Auditoriums. 1 Barns. 1 Battery Park (Vt.). 1 Boats and boating. 1 Bridges. 1 Bristol (Vt.). 1 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 1 Cavalry. 1 Champlain Transportation Company. 1 Chapels. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Church buildings. 1 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Colchester (Vt.). 1 Convenience stores. 1 Dolls. 1 Essex Junction (Vt.). 1 Farmhouses. 1 Flag raising and lowering. 1 Fletcher Free Library. 1 Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.). 1 High school students. 1 Housing. 1 Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.). 1 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 1 Parades. 1 Post office buildings. 1 Railroad trains. 1 Santa Claus. 1 Sewage disposal. 1 Shelburne (Vt.). 1 Steamboats. 1 Ticonderoga (Steamship). 1 United States Work Projects Administration. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 1 Veterans.

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Miniature of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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    • Date Created: 1952
    • Description: 1952 photo of (very likely) an Armistice Day parade, on the way to the VFW memorial at Battery Park (see mcalB21F14i11). Leading the parade are Burlington Mayor J. Edward Moran (left), two other men in uniform, and a color guard carrying the American flag and the VFW Howard Plant Post No. 782 flag. 782 is named after Burlington's first casualty in World War I, Howard W. Plant.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
    Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
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      • Date Created: 1936
      • Description: 1936 photo of cars (1930s Chevrolet?) parked in front of Burlington Grocery Co., 47-49 Maple St., Burlington, Vt.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Winooski, VT - American Woolen Mills Flag Raising
      Winooski, VT - American Woolen Mills Flag Raising
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        • Date Created: 1922
        • Description: 1922 flag raising at the American Woolen Mills (AWM) in Winooski, Vermont, perhaps on the Fourth of July or on Labor Day, when AWM sponsored a Field Day for employees and their families. It appears to be summertime and a large crowd is gathered in Mill Park for the event. Automobiles are parked on both sides of West Canal Street in the background. Photo 5 of five images that create a panoramic view when placed together.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
        Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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          • Description: Socony automotive exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing anti-freeze supplies for the automobiles. See also mcalA17F08i03
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
          Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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            • Description: Tydol Gasoline exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing automotive supplies.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
            Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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              • Description: Undated but may be late 1954. Two unidentified men and their automobile stand in front of the steamship Ticonderoga as the ship rests on its cradle. Location may be the basin dug at the southern end of Shelburne Bay during preparation of the ship's overland journey to the Shelburne Museum.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Automobiles
              Automobiles
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                • Date Created: undated
                • Description: Photograph of a man standing by two cars parked in a field
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Burlington Asphalt Plant
                Burlington Asphalt Plant
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                  • Date Created: undated
                  • Description: Burlington Asphalt Plant automobile, trucks, and drivers
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Champlain Ferries
                  Champlain Ferries
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                    • Description: Open deck ferry, the Roosevelt, is docked and cars drive off. In the foreground a man walks along the path as a car makes its way along the same road. A business sign on the far right reads Wither. Undated but may be 1930s or 1940s.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Automobiles
                    Automobiles
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                      • Description: Photo of a 1950 Chevrolet automobile in a dealership show room.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs