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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Burlington High School Track Team
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- Description: Group photo of boys track team standing on the steps outside the Edmunds High School building. Two trophies are held by two of the team members. In the back row center are the coaches. Coach Carl Adams is second from the left. Photo #3.
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Athletics, unidentified
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Portrait of an unidentified young women's rifle team. Women in the front row wear bloomers. Probably 1920s.
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Athletics, unidentified
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Undated photograph of unidentified group of bowlers and audience. Location is possible the Burlington Bowling Arena on Pearl Street, Burlington, Vermont.
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Automobiles
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Side view of an automobile parked in the driveway of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave ; taken from the right front.
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Boats
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- Date Created: 1958
- Description: 1958 photo of dome shaped tent-like structure with banner strung over the entrance. Possibly the same structure for the Evinrude sale of outboard and motor boats. Photo #4. See also mcalB07F10i10.
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Boats
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Stern of a twin propelled ship. Built by the Donovan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minn. at the Shelburne Shipyard. Company locally called Donovan Contracting. See also mcalA01F11i02 and mcalA10F07i25.
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Bridges, Potash Brook
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- Date Created: 1928
- Description: Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
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Burlington Airport
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- Date Created: 1935-06-20
- Description: June 20, 1935. Photo #6. Caption on photo reads "#6 Burlington Vt. 6-20-35 VERA (Vermont Emergency Relief Administration) Proj # 402-B15-1 Burlington Municipal Airport - Distribution of Bitumuls and blade grater following and leveling prior to light compacting of surface." Show industrial road construction vehicles of 1935 with operators.
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Burlington Airport
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- Date Created: 1937-06-29 00:00:00
- Description: View of the construction of the hangar at the Burlington Municipal Airport in a dated photo June 29, 1937. Solid wooden covering up the timber framework. McAllister's embossed name seen in the lower right just above the handwritten date.
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Burlington Airport
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Building with sign stating "Northeast Airlines, Inc." On either side of the sign are ESSO gasoline logos.
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