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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Burlington Business College
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- Description: 1942 Burlington Business College women's basketball team.
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Cathedral High School
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- Description: 1942 photo of Cathedral High School female students with one older woman (seated front row center) assembled on a stage with a large pastoral mural seen behind. Photo #3.
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Burlington Dump
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- Date Created: 1942-05-23 00:00:00
- Description: May 23, 1942. This view is taken from the foot of the grade near the entrance to Cat's Island where the roadway changes from a cut to a fill or embankment leading across a small ravine to Cat's Island.
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Burlington Streets: Hayward St. & Hayward St. Sewer
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- Date Created: 1942-01-12 00:00:00
- Description: January 12, 1942. Hayward Street Improvements: This view shows the drop-hammer weighing approximately 1 1/2 tons being operated by the crane to break through the frost in place of compressor and paving breakers. W.C. Kirby's power-shovel is loading the material into trucks. Three new catch basins were constructed on this intersection to replace the old one.
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Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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- Date Created: 1942-06-30
- Description: Photograph dated June 30, 1942. Original captions reads: Marble Ave. Street Improvement Construction - pavement construction - looking westerly from Hayward St. This view shows stone base ready to receive asphalt penetration. This base is approximately 2 inches in depth over an 8 inch telfold stone base placed on a 6 inch sand cushion. A new 24 inch sewer main was constructed on this block during the latter part of the year 1941.
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Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1942
- Description: 1942 photo of five students standing in front of the Cathedral High School in Burlington, Vermont. Photo #16.
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Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1942
- Description: 1942 photo of Cathedral High School students seated on a stage for a group picture. One older woman sits in front row center. A large pastoral mural is seen behind.
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Cathedral High School
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- Date Created: 1942
- Description: 1942 photo of Cathedral High School male students with one older woman (seated front row center) assembled on a stage with a large pastoral mural seen behind. Photo #5.
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Cathedral High School - Baseball
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- Date Created: 1942
- Description: 1942 photo of Cathedral High School uniformed baseball team with coach standing outside on the steps of the school for a group picture. The word "Cathedral" is lettered across the front of the uniform shirts. Photo #11.
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Burlington Streets: Pine St.
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- Date Created: 1942-09-18
- Description: September 18, 1942. Pine Street sewer project between Morse Place and Home Ave. This view shows the sewer trench with 10 inch tile installed from Morse Place to a point about mid-way of the block. The excavation the foreground is for the construction of the manhole at station 250 from the intersection of Home Ave. Note that sand filling is used for a cushion under the tile and for backfilling around the tile and for a depth of approximately one foot over the tile. This project is being done under our regular sewer appropriation. A trench hoe was used for digging the trench which was in clay and very tough hard-pan with numerous large boulders which had to be drilled and blasted. No solid rock was encountered.
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