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 Streets: North Street
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- Date Created: 1930-08-25
- Description: August 25, 1930. Intersection of North St and Champlain St open to traffic 3PM. A Burlington Rapid Transit Company bus on its North End Loop route seen in the center. Eugene Gosselin Drug Store at 146 No. Champlain St. is on the right. Road has been resurfaced by the city street dept.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Mount St. Mary's Academy - Groups
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- Date Created: 1947
- Description: 1947 Mount St. Mary's Academy students standing beside a Green Mountaineer chartered bus. Suitcases are seen in front. Two nuns with the group. Photo #33.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: North Street
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- Date Created: 1930-08-26
- Description: August 26, 1930. City street dept resurfacing project covering over the now unused trolley streetcar tracks. View of North St and Park St open to traffic 3PM. A Burlington Rapid Transit bus seen at center. Behind is 78 North Street, that in 1930 was a barber shop run by Thomas M. Khoury.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: North Street
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- Date Created: 1930-08-25
- Description: August 25, 1930 view looking east along North Street and No. Champlain Street open to traffic 3PM. A Burlington Rapid Transit Company bus travels the intersection. To the left is 146 No. Champlain St druggist store owned by Eugene Gosselin. Beyond the bus in a tower of the old Lawrence Barnes School (No. 144 North Street)
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Camps: Unidentified
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- Description: A photograph of two young girls in uniform and a slightly older young woman greeting two other girls who have just arrived with suitcases. It appears to be a promotional photo to perhaps a private or religious girls' school. A bus in the background has the word "academy" on the back of it. A brick building is to the right. Date and location unknown but could be from the 1950s or 1960s in late summer early autumn. Photo #9.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont Transit Co.
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- Description: Photo of a Vermont Transit Co. bus. The VTC logo is seen on the side of the bus along with spare tire. An open rack on the top of the bus to the rear for luggage. 1930?
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont Transit Lines
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- Date Created: 1945-05
- Description: May 1945. Damaged windows and driver's side front bumper of Vermont Transit Lines bus, The Green Mountaineer 190. VTC logo seen.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont Transit Lines
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- Date Created: 1945-05
- Description: May 1945. Side of Vermont Transit Lines bus, The Green Mountaineer 190. New England Greyhound Lines operator, Connecticut and New York. Seats 37, standees 12.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
National Grange
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- Date Created: 1953
- Description: 1953 photo of National Grange members with Trailways Tour bus in front of Burlington City Hall, corner of Church and Main Street, Burlington, Vt. Photo #4.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Trinity College - Sports & Activities
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- Date Created: 1949
- Description: 1949 Trinity College students about to board a bus parked on Colchester Ave. Purpose and destination unknown. Grocery store in the background, at corner of East Ave. and Colchester, owned by Wiley F. Danforth (note "DA").
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs