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 Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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    • Date Created: 1936-05-25
    • Description: May 25, 1936 photo of ferry construction for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Base for the pilot house being built. Photo #32.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Dow, Mayor Louis F.
    Dow, Mayor Louis F.
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      • Description: A model of the City of Burlington ferry is displayed on the office desk as Mayor Louis F. Dow and another man gaze at it. Undated but may be 1930s.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
      Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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        • Date Created: 1936-04-29
        • Description: April 29, 1936. Construction workers. The General Ship & Engine Works crew during the construction of the ferry, City of Burlington in Vermont for Mr. Horace Corbin of the Champlain Transportation Company. Carl G. Hedblom stands to the right. Third from the right in the first row is Carl Roessler. Photo #8.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ticonderoga
        Champlain Transportation Co. - Ticonderoga
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          • Date Created: 1936
          • Description: 1936 photo of the steamboat Ticonderoga in Lake Champlain inside the breakwater off the waterfront in Burlington, Vermont. She carries a large number of passengers.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Construction Sites
          Construction Sites
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            • Date Created: 1944
            • Description: 1944 photo of a lot of pipes piled up in the center of a what may be a section of the boiler room (furnaces seen in the background). This may be below deck aboard the Ticonderoga steamboat ferry.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
            Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
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              • Date Created: 1936
              • Description: 1936 close up broadside view of the Champlain Transportation Company "City of Burlington" ferry near the docking pilings. People are crowded on the boat's main deck and a few on an upper deck. Railroad cars seen in the background. Photo #2.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
              Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
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                • Date Created: 1936
                • Description: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company "City of Burlington" ferry cruising on Lake Champlain out beyond the breakwater. Several American flags are seen as well as cars on the main deck.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
                Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                  • Date Created: 1936-06-08
                  • Description: June 8, 1936 photo of ferry construction workers posing for a group picture. Ferry being built in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Sides are in place and the pilot house is seen up top. Photo #40.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
                  Champlain Transportation Co. - "The City of Burlington"
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                    • Description: July 2, 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company "City of Burlington" ferry being christened at its launching. Dignitaries look on. Photo #60.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
                    Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                      • Description: April 27, 1936. Champlain Transportation Company ferry being constructed in Vermont by the General Ship & Engine Works. Seen are ladders, wooden beam supports and cranes at the site. Photo #3.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs