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 Automobile Wrecks & Wreckers
Automobile Wrecks & Wreckers
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    • Date Created: undated
    • Description: Photograph of a Hope & Son wrecker transporting a large trailer
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Circus People
    Circus People
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      • Description: Photo of a man of the circus dressed in a regular suit of clothes standing next to a large trailer. He may be afflicted with a form of Elephant man disease. May be 1940s-50s at the Champlain Valley Fair.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Boats
      Boats
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        • Date Created: undated
        • Description: A boat, possibly wooden, mounted on a trailer placed in an open grassy meadow with a man standing next to the boat. Lettering on the side of the bow, Skee or Sree?
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
        Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
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          • Date Created: 1944-02-22
          • Description: Photograph dated Feb. 22, 1944. Original caption reads: "This view shows the construction of the underside of the sand spreader, including the steel fiber brush hinged to the bottom of the sloping bottom, also the V-belt drive arrangement which is arranged with an idler to prevent slack in the belt when the power wheel is not in contact with the trailer wheel."
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Business Enterprises - C-D
          Business Enterprises - C-D
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            • Date Created: 1951/1952
            • Description: 1951/1952 photo of a moving van owned by Chase Movers & Storage. Office and warehouse located at 77-83 College Street.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Circus People
            Circus People
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              • Description: Photo of a circus performer balancing a barbell standing outside a pull trailer and other circus structures. Location and date unknown. Photo #5. The Circus may have been an independent organization that traveled to Vermont and set up at the Champlain Valley Exposition fairgrounds. 1940s-50s?
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
              Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
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                • Date Created: 1944-03-22
                • Description: Photograph dated Mar. 22, 1944. Original caption read: "This view shows one of our sidewalk plowing and sanding units consisting of a rubber tired Allis-Chalmers IB tractor with Baker V-type 5 ft width plow and a trailer sand spreader designed and built in the Street Department repair shop."
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Business Enterprises - C-D
                Business Enterprises - C-D
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                  • Date Created: 1951
                  • Description: 1951 photo of a moving van owned by Chase Movers & Storage. Office and warehouse located at 77-83 College Street. Allied Van Lines agent.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Business Enterprises - C-D
                  Business Enterprises - C-D
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                    • Description: 1951 photo of a moving van owned by Chase Movers & Storage. Office and warehouse located at 77-83 College Street.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Business Enterprises - E-H
                    Business Enterprises - E-H
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                      • Description: 1945 photo of Gero Bros. Movers. Moving truck.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs