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 Winooski Bridge Repair
Winooski Bridge Repair
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    • Date Created: 1952
    • Description: 1952 Winooski Bridge repair work in progress. View is looking toward Winooski.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Burlington Streets: Grove St.
    Burlington Streets: Grove St.
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      • Date Created: 1938-07-27
      • Description: Photograph dated July 27, 1938. A view of the construction site of the new Grove Street bridge. Photograph taken from the opposite direction of photograph no. 13.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Winooski Bridge (Old)
      Winooski Bridge (Old)
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        • Date Created: 1927
        • Description: 1927 view of the Winooski River, the pontoon bridge, the Chace Mill, the heavily damaged Johnson Grain Co. building and a lot of debris.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Winooski Bridge (Washout) (4X5's)
        Winooski Bridge (Washout) (4X5's)
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          • Description: View of a heavily damaged building (Johnson Grain Co. mill?) to the left done during the 1927 flood. View extends into the distance with buildings along Colchester Ave seen to the right. Also running off to the right is Lower Winooski Road or later known as Riverside Ave.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Winooski Bridge Construction
          Winooski Bridge Construction
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            • Description: Reconstruction of the Winooksi Bridge after the 1927 flood. Seen here is wood framing for the bridge on the Burlington side looking toward Winooski. Champlain Mill to the right.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Winooski Bridge Construction
            Winooski Bridge Construction
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              • Description: View of the seemingly flimsy wooden supports for a wooden plank walkway during the construction of the Winooski Bridge that had been destroyed in the 1927 flood. New solid concrete bridge supports are seen. In the background is one of the mills (later location of Forest Hills Factory Outlet)
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
              Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
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                • Date Created: 1928-07-05
                • Description: July 5, 1928. Construction continues on the Winooski bridge with massive steel beams stretching across the Winooski River. View to looking toward Winooski. Photo # 6.
                • 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 part of May 5, 1928 panorama. Seen here are men of Company D, 1st U.S. Engineers, 2nd Corps standing on the pontoon bridge they helped build that spanned the river between Burlington and Winooski. To the far right is the Champlain Mill.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Bridges, Railroad
                  Bridges, Railroad
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                    • Date Created: undated
                    • Description: Metal truss railroad bridge
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Bridges: Unidentified
                    Bridges: Unidentified
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                      • Date Created: undated
                      • Description: Bridge across stream in rural landscape
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs