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 Streets: Pearl St.
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- Description: Undated but may be late 1920s or early 1930s looking south toward So. Union at the intersection of Pearl Street and South Union Street. To the right is 233 Pearl St. and to the left is 235 Pearl. City street dept. workmen do maintenance at the corner.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Pine St.
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- Date Created: 1944-08-03 00:00:00
- Description: August 3, 1944. PINE ST. --DA-WI 4 Aug. 8, 1944 -0.795 miles on crushed stone mixed in place surface course. This view taken from the intersection of Flynn Ave. looking northerly on Pine St. was taken Aug. 3 just before contract was awarded to D. W. Overocker, Inc. for construction. The north end of the project is at Howard St. indicated by water tower over the Whiting Co,'s plant shown in the distance on the right hand side of the street.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Pine St.
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- Date Created: 1932-02-19
- Description: February 19, 1932. Men in the railroad yard working on the tracks with heavy machinery, shovels and drills.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs,Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Shelburne Road.
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- Date Created: 1928-11-20
- Description: Photograph dated Nov. 20, 1928. Original caption reads: Shelburne St. at Potash Brook Bridge showing improvements made in 1928 consisting of new fill with concrete guard rail posts and steel cable, concrete sidewalks and curbing. 6" concrete base with 2" asphalt top.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Willard Street
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- Date Created: 1931-09-27
- Description: September 27, 1931. View of Willard Street during road construction project. Burlington Street Dept. vehicle seen parked to the left near the curb.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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- Date Created: 1938-12-07
- Description: December 7, 1938 View of South Winooski Ave. looking to Main Street as Burlington Street Dept. crew do road work. Rollers are smoothing down the surface as men stand by with shovels. To the right is a sign reading Ben's Dinette located between Main and King Street at 164 So Winooski. To the left up the street is the back of the Strong Theater. Also to the left is the small white building of William R. Daley's lunch cart at No. 175.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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- Date Created: 1929-10-10
- Description: Photograph dated Oct. 10, 1929 of a street construction project on North Winooski Avenue.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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- Date Created: 1931-09-27
- Description: Photograph dated Sept. 27, 1931 looking south on North Winooski Avenue. The houses to the left are located at 336, 327, 326 and 324 North Winooski Ave. On the opposite side of the street can be seen the corner of the Burlington Rapid Transit Co. office and garage.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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- Description: Photograph dated Sept.27, looking north on North Winooski Ave. from the corner of North St. and North Winooski Ave. before the removal of trolley tracks and resurfacing.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camp Abnaki
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- Description: Undated photo of three rows of young men and women (including a nurse in uniform) standing and sitting in front of one of the main buildings of Camp Abnaki, a boys' summer resident camp in North Hero, Vermont along the shores of Lake Champlain owned by the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association). Photo #5.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs