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 Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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    • Date Created: circa 1951
    • Description: Ca. 1951 photo of the interior of a large warehouse and shop at Vt. Structural Steel.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
    Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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      • Date Created: circa 1951
      • Description: Ca. 1951 photo of a building interior, presumably at Vt. Structural Steel, constructed mostly of steel beams and corrugated metal, with a few air ducts woven into the rows of beams.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Construction Sites
      Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Construction Sites
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        • Date Created: 1951
        • Description: 1951. May be construction of the United States Collector Internal Revenue building at 80 St. Paul Street as the First Baptist Church at 81 St. Paul is seen directly in the back. Location is listed in the 1952 city directory. Also listed in the directory is the USA & USAP Recruiting Station at 82 St. Paul. Location is currently 76 Corporate Plaza on St. Paul. Numbers 80 and 82 no longer exist. Photo #46.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Farms - Barns
        Farms - Barns
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          • Description: Undated photo of farm buildings as seen from a grassy field. Included are a barn with silo, a small shed (maybe a chicken coop) and what may be the farmhouse (seen to the far right).
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Houses -Unidentified
          Houses -Unidentified
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            • Date Created: 1930
            • Description: 1930s photo of unidentified house with two porch entries. Steps for one entrance are at the corner of the house. An upper story porch is enclosed and there is a rear entrance seen to the far left in back. Could this be 119 North Willard Street, Burlington??
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Houses -Identified
            Houses -Identified
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              • Date Created: 1959
              • Description: 1959 summer photo of 47 N. Winooski Ave. focusing on the space between the fence and properties of No. 47 and the next door No. 57 to the right.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
              Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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                • Date Created: 1950
                • Description: 1950s photo of a small two story house with an attached two door garage.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
                Mary Fletcher Hospital - Construction
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                  • Date Created: 1951
                  • Description: 1951 Construction of the Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont. Architects McKim Mead & White. Builders Vermilya-Brown Co., Inc.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Nazareth School
                  Nazareth School
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                    • Date Created: 1951
                    • Description: 1951 photo of Nazareth School in Burlington located at 20 Allen Street. "Ecole Nazareth" appears over the main entrance, with the year 1929, the year the present structure was built to replace the 1869 building on the same site. Architectural style is called "Collegiate Gothic" (Blow et al., Historic Guide, p.196). Later became St. Joseph Parish School. Closed 2010.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Nazareth School - Graduates
                    Nazareth School - Graduates
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                      • Date Created: 1961
                      • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1961, with Msgr. Charles Marcoux. In Fall of 1961, the school will be known as St. Joseph School instead of Ecole Nazareth or Nazareth School. The parish waited, apparently, for another St. Joseph School in Burlington to close before changing the name of its own school. Photo #2.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs