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 Shelburne Museum
Shelburne Museum
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    • Description: Visitors stop near the former main entrance to the Shelburne Museum. Visitors could at one time enter through one side of the covered bridge. The other side housed wagons, carriages, carts. A horse drawn milk carriage was stationed next to the bridge; a favorite spot for a snapshot. No border fence was present at this point in time. In the distance is seen the Colchester Lighthouse and the steamboat Ticonderoga.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Vermont [Steamboat]
    Vermont [Steamboat]
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      • Description: The steamboat, Vermont, seen under the Crown Point Bridge spanning Lake Champlain between Vermont and New York state.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Winooski Bridge - Opening Ceremonies (4X5's)
      Winooski Bridge - Opening Ceremonies (4X5's)
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        • Date Created: 1928-08-04
        • Description: August 4, 1928. Opening ceremony of the Winooski Bridge that connects Burlington and Winooski. Sign for James E. Cashman, general contractor to the right. Banners and American flags fly overhead. Cars drive over the new bridge on one side as a marching band parades on the other side.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Winooski Bridge - Opening Ceremonies
        Winooski Bridge - Opening Ceremonies
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          • Date Created: 1928-08-04
          • Description: August 4, 1928. A large crowd of people gather while the dignitaries cut the ribbon at the open ceremonies of the newly constructed Winooski Bridge.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Bridges, Potash Brook
          Bridges, Potash Brook
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            • Date Created: 1928
            • Description: Workers constructing bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
            Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
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              • Date Created: 1929-10-21
              • Description: October 21, 1929. View of Riverside Ave after resurfacing of the road by the city street dept approaching the Winooski Bridge. Old mill on the left (later converted to Forest Hills Factory Outlet) was a branch of the American Woolen Company and known as Champlain Mills. This mill is on East Canal Street, Winooski.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Burlington Streets: Grove St.
              Burlington Streets: Grove St.
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                • Date Created: 1938-07-27
                • Description: Photograph dated July 27, 1938. A view of the construction site of the new Grove Street bridge.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Highway Bridge (Cambridge, VT)
                Highway Bridge (Cambridge, VT)
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                  • Date Created: 1951
                  • Description: 1951 photo of Highway Bridge in Cambridge, Vermont located on Route 15 ; constructed by the Vermont Structural Steel Company
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Highway Bridge (Cambridge, VT)
                  Highway Bridge (Cambridge, VT)
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                    • Date Created: 1951
                    • Description: 1951 photo of Highway Bridge in Cambridge, Vermont located on Route 15 ; constructed by the Vermont Structural Steel Company. Photo #32.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Burlington Streets: Colchester Ave
                    Burlington Streets: Colchester Ave
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                      • Date Created: 1939-10-21
                      • Description: View of the base of Colchester Ave at the Winooski Bridge near Barrett Street. Possibly 487 Colchester. Automobiles are parked along the store front of a corner grocery or convenience store (that may be owned by Ernest C. Potvin as listed in the 1929 Burlington City Directory) that advertises cigars, cigarettes and Salada Tea in this Oct. 21, 1929 photo.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs