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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99 Burlington (Vt.). 46 Buildings. 28 Business. 27 Street photography. 25 Construction projects. 21 Traffic accidents. 16 Architectural photography. 12 Animals. 12 Men. 12 Service stations. 11 Employees. 11 Landscape photography. 8 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 8 Burlington International Airport. 6 Dwellings. 6 Winooski (Vt.). 5 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 5 Construction workers. 5 Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.). 5 Portrait photography. 5 Stores, Retail. 5 Women. 4 Hospitals. 4 Interior architecture. 4 Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Soldiers. 4 Street signs. 4 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Trucks. 4 Urban parks. 3 Billboards. 3 Children. 3 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 3 Horses. 3 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. 3 Police. 3 Theaters. 3 Vermont Emergency Relief Administration. 3 Vermont State Police. 3 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 3 Wreckers (Vehicles). 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Drugstores. 2 Factories. 2 Family. 2 Ferries. 2 Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.). 2 Machinery. 2 Military supplies. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Railroad tracks. 2 Street-railroad tracks. 2 University of Vermont. 2 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Ladies Auxiliary. Dept. of Vermont. 2 Women veterans. 1 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 1 Advertising. 1 Armed Forces -- Officers. 1 Auditoriums. 1 Barns. 1 Battery Park (Vt.). 1 Boats and boating. 1 Bridges. 1 Bristol (Vt.). 1 Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Camp Abnaki (Vt.). 1 Cavalry. 1 Champlain Transportation Company. 1 Chapels. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Church buildings. 1 City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Colchester (Vt.). 1 Convenience stores. 1 Dolls. 1 Essex Junction (Vt.). 1 Farmhouses. 1 Flag raising and lowering. 1 Fletcher Free Library. 1 Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.). 1 High school students. 1 Housing. 1 Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.). 1 North Hero (Vt. : Town). 1 Parades. 1 Post office buildings. 1 Railroad trains. 1 Santa Claus. 1 Sewage disposal. 1 Shelburne (Vt.). 1 Steamboats. 1 Ticonderoga (Steamship). 1 United States Work Projects Administration. 1 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 1 Veterans.

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Miniature of Business Enterprises - A-B
Business Enterprises - A-B
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    • Description: Burlington Electric Motor Service Inc. with employees. Undated but may be 1935 / 1936.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Automobiles
    Automobiles
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      • Date Created: 1935/1936
      • Description: Photo of a 1935/36 Lincoln Zephyr automobile as seen in a dealership show room. It is a four door with the vee'd grill and white wall tires.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Automobiles - Accidents
      Automobiles - Accidents
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        • Description: Nighttime photograph of an unidentified accident scene. The automobile has been overturned at the site. See also mcalB01F15i08 and Automobile Wrecks & Wreckers photo mcalA01F06i09 for other view. Fall-Spring
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Automobiles - Accidents
        Automobiles - Accidents
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          • Description: Nighttime photograph of an unidentified accident scene. See also Automobiles - Accidents photo mcalB01F15i01 and mcalB01F15i09 and Automobile Wrecks & Wreckers mcalA01F06i09 for other views. Fall-Spring
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Burlington Airport
          Burlington Airport
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            • Date Created: 1935/1936
            • Description: 1935/1936 photo of the construction of a garage or other building at the Burlington Airport, Vermont with an automobile parked inside.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Military Equipment
            Military Equipment
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              • Date Created: 1937
              • Description: 1937 photo of the rear of a military vehicle equipped with reels of wire or cable. Car's rear panel labeled 7th FA No. 226
              • 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
                Miniature of Construction Sites
                Construction Sites
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                  • Description: 1935/1936 photo of a construction site with four men with shovels digging in a very large grassy field. A truck and automobile are parked nearby.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of UVM - Housing (Temporary)
                  UVM - Housing (Temporary)
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                    • Description: Temporary housing units near main campus, with a few parked cars and trucks. These dwellings preceded the construction of the Chittenden-Buckham-Wills dormitories and very likely accommodated GI's coming to UVM as part of the "GI Bill." Dated 1946 / 1947.
                    • 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 the steel frame of an uncovered structure (perhaps at the Vermont Structural Steel plant). Some automobiles are parked on the left.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs