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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624 Burlington (Vt.). 330 Architectural photography. 229 Construction projects. 147 Business. 132 Dwellings. 110 Interior architecture. 95 Portrait photography. 89 Hospitals. 88 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 77 Street photography. 70 Men. 59 Landscape photography. 57 Burlington International Airport. 54 Machinery. 54 Women. 52 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 48 Housing. 47 University of Vermont. 47 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 46 Automobiles. 41 Grand Isle (Vt.). 39 Employees. 38 Stores, Retail. 38 Winooski (Vt.). 37 Construction workers. 35 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 34 Camps. 32 Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.). 31 Department stores. 30 Priests. 28 St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.). 27 S.S. Kresge Company. 27 Students. 24 Bridges. 24 Young women. 23 Service stations. 23 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 22 Shelburne (Vt.). 21 United States Public Works Administration. 19 Auditoriums. 17 Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.). 17 Winooski River (Vt.). 16 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 15 Colchester (Vt.). 15 Girls. 15 Trucks. 14 Class reunions. 12 College students. 12 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 12 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 12 Young men. 11 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 11 Railroad tracks. 11 Rivers. 10 Museums. 10 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 9 Animals. 9 Banners. 9 Boats and boating. 9 Gymnasiums. 8 Bank buildings. 8 Camping. 8 Manufacturing and Tool Corp. 8 Nuns. 8 Sand and gravel mines and mining. 8 Waste disposal sites. 7 Barns. 7 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 College graduates. 7 Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Factories. 7 Family. 7 Nurses. 7 Vergennes (Vt.). 7 Williston (Vt.). 6 Church buildings. 6 Furniture. 6 High school graduates. 6 Painting. 6 Refuse and refuse disposal. 6 Shelburne Museum. 5 Champlain, Lake. 5 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Flood damage. 5 Hotels. 5 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 5 Shelburne Shipyard, Inc. 4 Advertising. 4 American Legion. 4 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 4 Chapels. 4 Christmas greens. 4 College teachers. 4 General Electric Company. 4 House furnishings. 4 Musicians. 4 Reunions. 4 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Theaters. 4 Urban parks. 3 Bands (Music). 3 Boys. 3 Bridegrooms. 3 Brides. 3 Cake. 3 Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.). 3 Exhibit booths. 3 Farms. 3 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Horses. 3 Motels. 3 Oil storage tanks. 3 Street signs. 3 Street-railroad tracks. 3 Trailers. 2 Airplanes. 2 Buses. 2 Cafeterias. 2 Chairs. 2 Children. 2 Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Convenience stores. 2 Dance. 2 Drugstores. 2 Farmhouses. 2 First communion. 2 Mallets Bay (Vt.). 2 Middlebury (Vt.). 2 Middlebury College. 2 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 2 Musical groups. 2 Railroad trains. 2 Robert Hull Fleming Museum. 2 School children. 2 Snow removal. 2 Soldiers. 2 Totem poles. 2 United Service Organizations (U.S.). 2 United States Work Projects Administration. 2 Worship programs. 1 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 1 Actors. 1 American Red Cross. 1 Baseball. 1 Boy Scouts. 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Camp MacArthur (Vt.). 1 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Costume. 1 Cows. 1 DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Dolls. 1 Drum majorettes. 1 Essex Junction (Vt.). 1 Exhibitions. 1 Gardens. 1 Greek letter societies. 1 Handicraft. 1 High school athletes. 1 High school buildings. 1 High school students. 1 High school teachers. 1 Lighthouses. 1 Montpelier (Vt.). 1 Santa Claus. 1 Sewage disposal. 1 St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Tank trucks. 1 Tennis. 1 Van Ness House. 1 Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.). 1 Waitsfield (Vt.). 1 Weddings. 1 Wreckers (Vehicles).

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Miniature of Houses -Unidentified
Houses -Unidentified
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    • Description: McAllister's home at 47 N. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vt. Two story wooden clapboard house with main and upper story porches. A car is parked in the driveway.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
    Houses - Unidentified (Rural)
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      • Description: An older couple and their dog stand in front of their home with the garage and parked car seen to the left. Dated 1947.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Nazareth School - Graduates
      Nazareth School - Graduates
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        • Date Created: 1958
        • Description: Nazareth School, Class of 1958 (according to the parish history published in 1988) with Msgr. Charles Marcoux.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Queen City Park (So. Burlington, VT)
        Queen City Park (So. Burlington, VT)
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          • Date Created: undated
          • Description: A large group of people believed to members of the Vermont State Spiritualist Association are gathered for a group portrait. All ages seen here (men, women and children). They stand or sit in front of the Smith Cottage, a two story clapboard building once in Queen City Park, South Burlington. Many stand on the upper balcony. Date unknown but may be late 19th century or early 20th century. See a more recent photo mcalA16F05i02
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Trinity College - Groups
          Trinity College - Groups
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            • Date Created: 1956
            • Description: 1956 photo of Trinity College students and perhaps a faculty member assembled in front of the Admin. Building (Mann Hall). Photo #2.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
            Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
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              • Date Created: 1952
              • Description: 23 Church Street. Back lot Singer sewing machine retail store.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Strong Theatre (Burlington, VT)
              Strong Theatre (Burlington, VT)
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                • Date Created: 1946
                • Description: 1946 photo of the Strong Building, home of Strong Hardware Co. and the Strong Theatre, as well as a drugstore and ice cream shop. Date on the building is 1902. The marquee reads: Abbott and Costello: "The Naughty Nineties," with Alan Curtis. (The movie came out in 1945.) The building was destroyed by arson in 1970, and rubble at the site was used to help build the Burlington bike path.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Vergennes High School - Baseball
                Vergennes High School - Baseball
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                  • Description: Vergennes High School baseball team and coach pose in front of what looks like a new building. This may be either the elementary school that was built in 1949/50 or a renovated part of the high school. (Vergennes high school history: built in 1871, for elem. and high school grades; after 1950, high school only; 1959, replaced by new union high school; 1964, demolished to allow construction of supermarket.)
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
                  Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
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                    • Date Created: 1947
                    • Description: 1947 photo of a large warehouse owned by Vt. Structural Steel. It is mud season.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Winooski and Burlington Mills (from Pontoon Bridge)
                    Winooski and Burlington Mills (from Pontoon Bridge)
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                      • Description: Undated but most likely soon after the 1927 Flood. Seen here a pontoon boat in the Winooski River with one of the old mills in background. Photo signed by McAllister and numbered No. 2
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs