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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Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Description: June 1936 photo of the wooden support cradle for a ferry being built for the Champlain Transportation Company. Probably the City of Burlington. Photo #58.
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Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Description: 1936 photo of the interior of a ferry with engine works in place.
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Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Description: 1936 photo of a Champlain Transportation Company doubled ended ferry under construction.
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Champlain Transportation Co. - Roosevelt
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- Description: 1936 photo of the Champlain Transportation Company's ferry Roosevelt as it appears to be approaching for a docking.
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Christ the King School - Confirmation
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- Description: Young men and women from the Christ the King Parish posing with Christ the King Church clergy in a photograph commemorating their receiving the Catholic sacrament of confirmation One woman wears a leg brace (polio?). Photograph is dated 1947. Photo #2.
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Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Description: June 9, 1936 photo of the construction works posing for a group picture aboard a double-ended ferry being built for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Photo #44.
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Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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- Description: May 25, 1936. Base for the pilot house under construction on a ferry being built in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Photo #29.
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Construction Sites: CA Congdon at Pine St. Chimney Construction
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- Description: 1945 photo of construction workers erecting a chimney stack at a construction site.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 group portrait photo of several men and women standing in a room. Four men in business suits are shaking hands. See also mcalB15F07i01 for another exposure with 1955 date.
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Portraits - Family
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- Date Created: 1950
- Description: 1950 multi generational portrait photo of an older man and wife with ten younger adults (their grown children?) gathered outside. A building to the left has a horseshoe on the door. Photo #2
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