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 Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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    • Description: June 28, 1936 photo of two work crew members working on a ferry's machinery. Probably the newly constructed City of Burlington ferry owned by the Champlain Transportation Company.
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    Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Misc
    Champlain Transportation Co. - Misc
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      • Description: 1936 photo of a photo tacked to a surface. Image is over exposed and washed out. Seen are workmen and a structure being built; probably a ferry for the Champlain Transportation Company.
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      Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Misc
      Champlain Transportation Co. - Misc
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        • Description: 1936 photo of a photo tacked to a surface. Image is very over exposed and washed out. Maybe the building of a ferry for the Champlain Transportation Company.
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        Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
        Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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          • Description: April 30, 1936. Construction workers. The General Ship & Engine Works crew during the construction of a ferry in Vermont for Mr. Horace Corbin of the Champlain Transportation Company. Photo #12.
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          Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
          Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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            • Description: May 4, 1936. Construction workers and site with various construction materials being used to build a ferry in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Photo #20.
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            Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
            Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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              • Description: May 11, 1936. View of a ferry being built in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Construction materials including metal beams and logs shown. Photo #26.
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              Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
              Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                • Description: June 8, 1936 photo of construction workers posing for a group picture along side a double-ended ferry being built in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. Photo #42.
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                Miniature of Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
                Champlain Transportation Co. - Ferry Construction
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                  • Description: June 7, 1936 photo of two construction workers spraying sealant, primer or maybe paint on a double-ended ferry being built in Vermont for the Champlain Transportation Company by the General Ship & Engine Works. A respirator mask can be seen being worn by one of the workers. Photo #38.
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                  Miniature of Vermont [Steamboat]
                  Vermont [Steamboat]
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                    • Description: Vermont (steamboat) rests in its cradle in dry dock at the Shelburne Shipyard, Shelburne, Vermont. Late 1920s, early 1930?
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                    Miniature of Chateaugay
                    Chateaugay
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                      • Description: The steamer ferry Chateaugay on Lake Champlain. Automobiles can be seen on deck. Originally built in 1888 the steamboat Chateaugay was the first iron hulled steamboat on Lake Champlain. Serving the Champlain Transportation Company for 51 years. Notations on the photo suggest it was used for publication. Undated but may be 1920s, 1930s.
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