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 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 Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
    Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
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      • Description: Photo of oven parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont. Undated.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
      Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts (5X7's)
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        • Description: Photo of oven parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont. Undated.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Portraits - Individuals
        Portraits - Individuals
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          • Date Created: 1944
          • Description: 1944 photo of 3 photos of four young office workers with machines; typewriter and duplicating machine seen.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Farms - Haying
          Farms - Haying
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            • Date Created: 1951
            • Description: 1951 photo of farm workers haying. They drive a tractor with a hay wagon behind.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Farms - Haying
            Farms - Haying
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              • Date Created: 1945
              • Description: 1945 photo of a horse drawn plow cutting hay.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Machinery
              Machinery
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                • Date Created: circa 1930's
                • Description: 1930s interior view of a machine room. Label on machinery may read in part "Built by H.C. Fish Machine Works ..."
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Machinery
                Machinery
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                  • Date Created: 1935-1936
                  • Description: 1935 or 1936 photo of interior of a machine workshop room with a man working with pliers at one of the machines.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Sewer Tile Construction Plant
                  Sewer Tile Construction Plant
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                    • Date Created: 1937-03-05
                    • Description: March 5, 1937. This view shows the inside of the room used for cutting, rolling and electrically welding the wire reinforced baskets used as reinforcements for the concrete sewer pipe. Could this be the Justis Vault Co. on Riverside Ave, Burlington?
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Vermont Structural Steel
                    Vermont Structural Steel
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                      • Description: Interior view of a large building of Vermont Structural Steel filled with machinery, equipment and supplies. Dated1951.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs