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 Sewer Projects
Sewer Projects
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    • Date Created: 1938-05-09
    • Description: May 9, 1938. View of a long narrow trench at a sewer project site. Trees have been cut down as seen on the left and long pipes are laying on the ground. Large piles of dirt and rock seen to the right. A wooden shack is seen at the top of the hill. Is this Cliff Street in Burlington? See also mcalA16F13i18
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    Miniature of Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
    Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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      • Date Created: 1938-1940
      • Description: 1938-1940 photograph of the eastern edge of Battery Park looking south from the intersection of Sherman Street and Park Street
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
      Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
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        • Date Created: 1938-11-14
        • Description: November 14, 1938. Burlington city street crew do road construction on North Bend Street (later renamed Manhattan Drive)
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs,Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington Streets: Cliff Street
        Burlington Streets: Cliff Street
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          • Date Created: 1938-02-26 00:00:00
          • Description: Construction of Cliff Street in Burlington. Date on photo is Feb. 26, 1938.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Burlington Streets: Maple Street
          Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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            • Date Created: 1938-02-26
            • Description: Photograph dated Feb. 26, 1938 showing a work crew working on the Maple Street paving project. Temporary structures used by the crew can be seen to the right.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
            Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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              • Date Created: 1938-12-07
              • Description: Photograph dated Dec. 7, 1938 looking south from Main Street at a resurfacing project on South Winooski Avenue.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
              Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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                • Date Created: 1938-05-26
                • Description: May 26, 1938. Original caption reads: Battery Park - WPA (Work Projects Administration) Project No. 65-12-344 This view shows the new pavement under construction. Note the new integral concrete curbs and gutters which were constructed during sub-zero weather in the month of January; also the asphalt penetration base constructed over a heavy telford stone base on which a hot mix stone-filled-sheet asphalt wearing course is being constructed.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
                Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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                  • Date Created: 1938-1940
                  • Description: 1938-1940 photograph (may be summer 1938) of the north entrance to Battery Park at the completion of the WPA (Work Projects Administration) project.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Parks
                  Parks
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                    • Date Created: 1938-11-14
                    • Description: November 14, 1938. Work crew smooth out embankment during construction of an urban park.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Sewer Projects
                    Sewer Projects
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                      • Date Created: 1938-05-09
                      • Description: May 9, 1938. View at a sewer project site with a long deep and narrow trench extending the length of the street. A manhole is seen in the forefront. A shack stands to the right next to a smaller shed. Is this Cliff Street in Burlington? See also mcalA16F13i14
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs