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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290 Burlington (Vt.). 147 Buildings. 84 Stores, Retail. 83 Employees. 56 Street photography. 51 Machinery. 47 Men. 41 Portrait photography. 38 Interior architecture. 37 Advertising. 32 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 32 Service stations. 28 Automobiles. 28 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 26 Construction projects. 23 High school students. 23 Trucks. 20 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 20 Construction workers. 20 Department stores. 20 Women. 19 Architectural photography. 13 S.S. Kresge Company. 12 Family. 11 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 11 Offices. 10 Winooski (Vt.). 9 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 9 Dwellings. 9 Restaurants. 8 Exhibit booths. 8 Exhibitions. 7 Auditoriums. 7 Boats and boating. 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Drugstores. 6 Bank buildings. 5 Beauty operators. 5 Painting. 5 Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 5 Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Convenience stores. 4 Cosmetics. 4 Dolls. 4 Street-railroad tracks. 4 Trailers. 3 A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc. 3 Animals. 3 Billboards. 3 Boys. 3 Church buildings. 3 Gas ovens. 3 Manufacturing and Tool Corp. 3 Railroad tracks. 3 Refrigerators. 2 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 2 Airplanes. 2 Burlington International Airport. 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Cows. 2 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Furniture. 2 Hotels. 2 House furnishings. 2 Landscape photography. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Puppets. 2 Stoves. 2 Toys. 2 Van Ness House. 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Burlington Rapid Transit Company. 1 Buses. 1 Children. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Dairying -- Equipment and supplies. 1 Farms. 1 Flowers. 1 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Horses. 1 Infants. 1 Mallets Bay (Vt.). 1 Railroad trains. 1 Snow removal. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Street signs. 1 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Tank trucks. 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Theaters. 1 Urban parks. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Vergennes Inn (Vt.). 1 Wreckers (Vehicles).

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Miniature of Stores - B.F. Goodrich (Burlington, VT)
Stores - B.F. Goodrich (Burlington, VT)
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    • Date Created: 1947
    • Description: 114 Cherry Street: Direct view of B.F. Goodrich store, with an unidentifiable machine propping the door open. On the far right is a parking lot inside the uppermost block of Church Street. (A young boy peers through the store windows.) This section of Cherry St. has been rebuilt and consists of government offices, Borders books, and other retail stores.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
    Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
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      • Date Created: undated
      • Description: Including T.S. Peck Insurance Agency 154 College Street : Truck with Sherwin Williams business info parked in front of store at 152 College. (SW may have moved recently to 152 without having changed the address on the truck.)
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Stores - F.W. Woolworth (Burlington, VT)
      Stores - F.W. Woolworth (Burlington, VT)
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        • Date Created: 1949-1950
        • Description: 37-39 Church Street. Crowded display of discount merchandise in this interior photo of F.W. Woolworth Co. on the corner of Church and Cherry St., Burlington, Vt.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
        Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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          • Date Created: 1951
          • Description: March 1951 photo of the interior of a Vermont Structural Steel building that covers a railroad track. Although blurry in some areas, an interesting study of perspective and light.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Burlington Streets: North Street
          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
            Miniature of Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
            Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
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              • Date Created: 1934-04-23
              • Description: April 23, 1934. View of Pearl Street looking west toward the lake. On the left is a corner of the Masonic Temple building. To the right the iron fence surrounding the property of the Unitarian Church can be seen. The corner of Elmwood Ave is visible mid photo to the right. A sign for the Texaco filling station at the corner is also seen. Automobiles and elm trees line the street. Pedestrians are out including a young child on roller skates with dog seen to the extreme left. More about the photo can be found on UVM's Historic Burlington Project, Burlington, Vermont, South of Pearl Street photographs from 1930s 1940s.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
              Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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                • Description: Eastern States Farmers' Exchange of Springfield, Mass. exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. Undated. Embossed with McAllister's name lover right corner.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
                Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
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                  • Description: Farming and dairy equipment exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing various De Laval milking and separator machines being sold by A. H. Mansfield of Essex Junction, Vermont. Other banners advertise Unadilla Silo Co., Inc. or Unadilla, New York and Starline Inc. of Albany, New York. Embossed with McAllister's name in lower right corner.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Kresge's (Burlington Store) - exteriors, excavation, construction
                  Kresge's (Burlington Store) - exteriors, excavation, construction
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                    • Date Created: 1955-04-20
                    • Description: April 20, 1955. Construction of S.S. Kresge Company store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. W. C. Calhoun, supt. Seen is a brick wall with a stone foundation. A wooden door is seen center left.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Kresge's (Burlington Store) - exteriors, excavation, construction
                    Kresge's (Burlington Store) - exteriors, excavation, construction
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                      • Date Created: 1955-04-05
                      • Description: April 5, 1955. Construction of S.S. Kresge Company department store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. W. C. Calhoun, superintendent. View of ground level site. Two crew members work with timber supports.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs