Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Collection Overview
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)...
Show moreLouis 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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- Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1935
- Description
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1935. Management team of Burlington Grocery Co., 47-49 Maple St., Burlington, VT. The Burl. City Directory listed the following administrative positions: Sam C. Blodgett, pres.; Edward F. Holbrook, vice pres.; and treas. William F. Holbrook.
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- Stores - Lowe Brothers (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1945
- Description
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207-211 College Street : Lowe Brothers paint store, now the site of Three Needs pub and Zabby's Stone Soup restaurant.
- Title
- Stores - People's Department Store (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1948-1949
- Description
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25 Church Street : rear entrance and staircase to upper floors of People's Dept. store.
- Title
- Stores - People's Department Store (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1952
- Description
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25 Church Street : Rear entrance to People's Dept. store, with truck in foreground.
- Title
- Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1946-1947
- Description
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"Including T.S. Peck Insurance Agency 154 College Street" (written on back of photo). 1940s vintage automobiles parked at 152-154 College St., just across from City Hall park, in front of Sherwin-Williams Paints and T.S. Peck Insurance.
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- Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1946-1947
- Description
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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.)
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1951-1952
- Description
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1951 / 1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Store, Burlington, Vt., before the construction of Irving's (ladies' ready-to-wear clothing store), which would later occupy the vacant lot at 19-21 Church St. To the left is People's Department Store. The Cathedral of the Immaculate...
Show more1951 / 1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Store, Burlington, Vt., before the construction of Irving's (ladies' ready-to-wear clothing store), which would later occupy the vacant lot at 19-21 Church St. To the left is People's Department Store. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception can be seen in the distance.
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- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1952
- Description
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1952 photo of back lot of Singer Sewing Machine Store, 23 Church St., Burlington, Vt., apparently before the construction of Irving's (ladies' ready-to-wear clothing store).
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1952
- Description
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1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Three quarter view of the Singer Sewing machine store, with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the background. Next to Singer is boarded up vacant lot, site of future Irving's.
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1952
- Description
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1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Co. retail store, on the west side of Church St.
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1948-1949
- Description
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1948 or 1949 photo of 23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Co. retail store, on the west side of Church St.
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1952
- Description
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1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Co. retail store, on the west side of Church St. Display window has several mannequins, vacuum cleaners, and an ornate "coat-of-arms" announcing Singer's 100th anniversary. See interior of store mcalB18F27i06
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1951-1952
- Description
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1951 or 1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Co. retail store, on the west side of Church St.
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1953
- Description
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1953 Burlington retail store entrances and parking lot for Irving's Fashions, Singer and People's. See also mcalA17F09i01, mcalA17F09i07
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1948-1949
- Description
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23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Co. retail store, on the west side of Church St.
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- undated
- Description
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23Church St. 3/4 view of the Singer Sewing machine store. The previously empty lot at 19-21 Church St., as seen in mcalB18F27i02 and others, is now [Mortimer] Irving's ladies' clothing store. (The name is visible on the advertising.) Date must be 1952 or later. Good sampling of cars.
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- undated
- Description
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Back lot of Singer Sewing Machine Store, 23 Church St, Burlington, Vt.
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1952
- Description
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23 Church Street. Back lot Singer sewing machine retail store.
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1953
- Description
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1953 photo of back lot of Singer Sewing Machine Store, 23 Church St., Burlington, Vt.
- Title
- Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1953
- Description
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1953 back lot of Singer Sewing Machine Store, 23 Church St., Burlington, Vt.