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: Battery Street Park
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- Date Created: 1938-1940
- Description: 1938-1940 photograph of the north entrance to Battery Park. The old two story bandstand can be seen in the distance. Also note clearer image of the traffic and direction marker to the right.
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Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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- Date Created: 1938-1940
- Description: 1938-1940 photograph of the south entrance to Battery Park (after completion of WPA [Work Projects Administration] project?) Note new light poles, widened road and the completed parapet wall.
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Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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- Description: ALLIS-CHALMERS, MODEL 1B TRACTOR WITH 16 HP ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH A BAKER "V" TYPE SIDEWALK SNOW PLOW NO. 281420-223V-107. This view shows the No.1 Tractor plow unit plowing snow in Battery Park. Notice the depth of the snowfall which is approximately eight inches. This equipment did not experience any difficulty in plowing this depth, although as you will note in the picture the snow had become frozen and difficult to plow with ordinary horse-drawn plows. This unit removed the snow from three routes formerly requiring the services of three horse-drawn units, the time required being approximately five to six hours depending upon the weather conditions, the gas consumption being approximately four to five gallons per trip. The total distance covered by the entire trip is approximately twenty miles. The specifications of this unit can be found on the back of the original photograph. 1938-1940
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Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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- Date Created: 1938-06-03
- Description: Photograph dated June 3, 1938, Original caption reads: Battery Park - WPA (Work Projects Administration) Project No. 65-12-344 This view shows the construction of the stone masonry parapet wall with the reinforced concrete caps. Note the first concrete cap being polished after removing the forms also the reinforced materials in the right foreground in reinforcing the caps also the special forms used in pouring the concrete caps.
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Burlington Streets: Church Street
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- Date Created: 1943-06-25
- Description: Salvage Project Photo dates June 25, 1943 Trolley Track Rail Removal Project, Burlington, Vermont. This view shows Church Street in front of the Police Station showing the rail puller pulling the rail in front of the City Hall while the trench is being cleaned ready for replacing the concrete in front of the Police Station entrance and the concrete being replaced in the foreground. The concrete was mixed at the Municipal Asphalt Plant with the Asphalt Pub-mill mixer and hauled to the job in trucks where it was shoveled into the trenches as seen in the picture. View looks south toward Main Street. Signs for retail stores seen on the left include those for Grover's Radio Shop, a bakery and Howe's Market. Name of McAllister's studio embossed in lower right.
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Burlington Streets: DeForest Road
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- Date Created: 1937-01-28
- Description: Jan. 28, 1937 dated photo of DeForest Road.
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Burlington Streets: DeForest Road (4X5)
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- Date Created: 1935-11-27
- Description: Nov. 27, 1935 dated photo. Deforest Road, Burlington, Vermont looking west from intersection of Overlake Park showing surface of street after soil stabilization work with Birumuls Stabilizer had been completed for base and one course armour coat asphalt penetration of 2" thickness had been completed. Seal coat delayed until season 1936 because of cold weather. Note parking area between curb and sidewalk being cleaned and rubbish raked into gutter before final clean up job.
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Burlington Streets: Elmwood Ave.
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- Date Created: 1931-09-27
- Description: Sept. 27, 1931 dated photo. View of Elmwood Ave looking north at intersection of North Street. Unused trolley (cable car) tracks remain in the street pavement.
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Burlington Streets: Ferguson Ave.
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- Date Created: undated
- Description: Undated photograph of a road construction project on Ferguson Avenue
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Burlington Streets: Flynn Ave.
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- Date Created: 1931-04-27
- Description: Photograph dated April 27, 1931 looking eastward from the rail crossing on Park Avenue (renamed Flynn Avenue)before the widening/paving project was undertaken. Features include United Maple Products building (left), Vermont Structural Steel Corp. buildings (right) and in the distance, the steeple of St. Anthony's Church.
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