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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Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
Vermont Structural Steel
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    • Description: Interior view of a large building of Vermont Structural Steel with large machinery. Dated 1951.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
    Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
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      • Description: 1948/1949 Photo of oven parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
      Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
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        • Description: Dated 1944 Photo of oven parts and hardware used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company
        Blodgett Oven Company
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          • Description: 1947/1949 Employees assemble parts of an industrial oven being manufactured on the assembly line at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
          Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
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            • Description: Photo of oven hardware used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont. Undated.
            • 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, somewhat underexposed, of an employee at Vt. Structural Steel standing in front of a large machine.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Machinery
              Machinery
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                • Date Created: 1949-1950
                • Description: Dated 1949 / 1950. Photo of a large piece of machinery labeled Erie Foundry Co., 220 Erie, PA / USA. Name of foundry seen in the center near the top.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Machinery
                Machinery
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                  • Date Created: 1945
                  • Description: Counter top machinery. Dated 1945.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
                  Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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                    • Description: Photo of Interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. showing some of the machines.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Machinery
                    Machinery
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                      • Description: Interior photo a room with a Mills Water Tube Boiler with the name plate above reading The G S Blodgett Co., Burlington, Vt. and Standard. The name H B Smith Co. of Westfield, Mass., New York, Boston and Philadelphia on the right side boiler door.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs