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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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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May, 1934? P.W.A. (Public Works Administration)Project #2215 A picture showing the steel framework of the roof of the Central Plant.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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June 4, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215. A view of the roof of the Street Dept. Central Plant during the application of roofing.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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May 25, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No.2215 A picture of the eastern and northern elevation of the Street Dept. Central Plant before staging was removed.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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April, 27, 1934. Street Dept. Central Plant Building P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the eastern and western elevation of the Central Plant taken at the time the brickwork item was nearing completion.
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- Burlington Streets: Barrett Street
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Photograph dated Aug. 4, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the condition of the Rosetti residence before remodeling and moving was started. Note the new integral curbing and gutter just constructed on the top of the old stone retaining wall about ten feet...
Show morePhotograph dated Aug. 4, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the condition of the Rosetti residence before remodeling and moving was started. Note the new integral curbing and gutter just constructed on the top of the old stone retaining wall about ten feet in front of the house; also the old wooden stairs necessary to descend in order to enter the ground floor of the house which is approximately ten feet below the surface of the street; also not condition of old chimney which was later rebuilt on the outside of the house.
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- Burlington Streets: Barrett Street
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Photograph dated Sept. 5, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the Rossetti residence in process of being raised and moved back out of the street area to the new reinforced concrete sub-foundation walls.
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- Burlington Streets: Barrett Street
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Photograph dated Sept. 8, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the construction of the stone-filled-sheet asphalt hot plant-mix after the telford stone base and asphalt penetration binder course had been completed as well as the new integral concrete curbs...
Show morePhotograph dated Sept. 8, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the construction of the stone-filled-sheet asphalt hot plant-mix after the telford stone base and asphalt penetration binder course had been completed as well as the new integral concrete curbs and gutters and concrete sidewalks as shown. Note that the Rossetti residence has been raised to approximately the grade of the street but has not at this date been moved north. The new foundations at this time having been only partially completed.
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- Burlington Streets: Barrett Street
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Photograph dated June 19, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows Barrett Street looking westerly from the intersection of Chase Street before any of the improvements were made. Note the condition of the old pavement and the absence of any curbing and gutters or...
Show morePhotograph dated June 19, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows Barrett Street looking westerly from the intersection of Chase Street before any of the improvements were made. Note the condition of the old pavement and the absence of any curbing and gutters or sidewalks also note the guardrail in front of the Rossetti residence at the right opposite the truck in the picture which extended nearly ten feet into the street also note the elevation of the street grade as compared with the elevation of the second floor of the Rossetti residence. This house had to be raised approximately ten feet in elevation and moved approximately sixteen feet to the north and set on a new reinforced concrete foundation two stories in height at the northerly half of the basement and one story for the southerly half of the basement. A new chimney was also constructed and a fill was placed including more than three thousand cubic yards of filling. The other improvements to the street include the following: New concrete integral curbing and gutters on both sides, concrete sidewalk on the northerly side and telford stone base with asphalt penetration binder course and asphalt hot plant mix wearing course.
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- Burlington Streets: Barrett Street
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Photograph dated Aug. 4, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the Rossetti residence before any reconstruction work was started with the exception of the placing of the forms and pouring the sub-footings for the northerly half of the reinforced concrete...
Show morePhotograph dated Aug. 4, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the Rossetti residence before any reconstruction work was started with the exception of the placing of the forms and pouring the sub-footings for the northerly half of the reinforced concrete foundation walls.
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- Burlington Streets: Barrett Street
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Photograph dated June 19, 1941. Original caption reads: "Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the condition of Barrett Street as the general improvements were started including new concrete integral curbing and gutter on both sides, concrete sidewalk on the northerly side and telford...
Show morePhotograph dated June 19, 1941. Original caption reads: "Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the condition of Barrett Street as the general improvements were started including new concrete integral curbing and gutter on both sides, concrete sidewalk on the northerly side and telford stone base with asphalt penetration binder course and asphalt hot plant mix wearing course. This improvement also included the raising, moving and construction of a new reinforced concrete basement wall and chimney for the Rossetti residence shown in the left background of this picture nearly opposite the concrete mixer. The crew in the foreground are starting the installation of the underground drainage tile and concrete integral curbing and gutter at the intersection of Colchester Avenue.
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- Burlington Streets: Barrett Street
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Photograph dated Sept. 5, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the Rossetti residence in progress of being raised. Note the condition of the sill and the studding of the sidewalls; also note that the sidewalls are filled with brick and mortar in the spaces...
Show morePhotograph dated Sept. 5, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the Rossetti residence in progress of being raised. Note the condition of the sill and the studding of the sidewalls; also note that the sidewalls are filled with brick and mortar in the spaces between studdings. This added considerable weight to the structure and with the rotten condition of the sills (the sill in the right foreground having been entirely gone and the sill shown in the picture is a new timber which had to be put in place before the house could be raised) made the raising process difficult.
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- Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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Photograph of Battery Park dated May 26, 1938 showing the resurfacing of the road underway. Also note that the construction of the parapet wall has begun.
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- Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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1938-1940 photograph of Battery Park showing crews working on the resurfacing of park walkways. The emptied fountain can be seen in the foreground and the bandstand can be seen to the right.
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- Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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Photograph of Battery Park dated June 3, 1938. This view shows the construction of the stone masonry parapet wall with the reinforced concrete caps.The completed portion of the wall can be seen in the distance, as well as one of the new light poles.
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- Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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Photograph dated June 3, 1938, Original caption reads: Battery Park - WPA (Work Projects Administration) Project No. 65-12-344 This view shows the construction of the stone masonry parapet wall with the reinforced concrete caps. Note the first concrete cap being polished after removing the forms...
Show morePhotograph dated June 3, 1938, Original caption reads: Battery Park - WPA (Work Projects Administration) Project No. 65-12-344 This view shows the construction of the stone masonry parapet wall with the reinforced concrete caps. Note the first concrete cap being polished after removing the forms also the reinforced materials in the right foreground in reinforcing the caps also the special forms used in pouring the concrete caps.
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- Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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1938-1940 photograph of a Burlington Street Dept. work crew resurfacing lower Battery Street.
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- Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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1938-1940 photograph of a Burlington Street Dept. work crew resurfacing lower Battery Street.
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- Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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1938-1940 photograph of a Burlington Street Dept. work crew resurfacing lower Battery Street.
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- Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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1938-1940 photograph of Battery Park. Original caption reads: WPA (Work Projects Administration) 65-12-344 View of the asphalt plant mix binder. Coarse on sidewalk and concrete base for parapet wall in Battery Park. Note excavation for concrete integral curb and gutter at right.
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- Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
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1938-1940 photograph of Battery park prior to the start of the WPA (Work Projects Administration) project, looking south toward the observation platform. Note the piles of construction sand in road, the old light poles and the lack of the parapet wall along the walkway.