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.
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American Legion building. Listed in the city and telephone directories as being on Malletts Bay Ave. in Winooski in the 1940s. The large painted brick building is seen here adorned with patriotic buntings and banners. 1945/1947?
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- American Legion
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American Legion meal ; 1945/1947? Photo no. 1.
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- American Red Cross
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- Automobile Wrecks & Wreckers
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- Bishop Louis De Gosbriand Hospital
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- Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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1947 photo of piping for heating at the G. S. Blodgett oven company. Two men are seen working.
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- Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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1952 Written on back of photo Misc. Schools / Blodgett Oven Co. Over developed photo of paved parking lot with cars.
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- Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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1951/1952 Written on back of photo National Guard Armory
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- Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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1952 Misc. Schools / Blodgett Oven Co. written on back of photo. View of a paved parking lot with cars.
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- Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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1947 piping for heating at the Blodgett oven company, Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. Metal hardware hang from the ceiling with strips of cloth attached to them.
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- Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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1947 piping for heating at the Blodgett oven company, Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
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- Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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1947 piping for heating at the Blodgett oven company, Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
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- Boats
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1958 photo of dome shaped tent-like structure with banner strung over the entrance. Possibly the same structure for the Evinrude sale of outboard and motor boats. Photo #4. See also mcalB07F10i10.
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- Boats
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Dome shaped tent-like structure near an unpaved access road next to an open sided shed with motor boats on display. At center bottom a shadow of a person (possibly the photographer). Photo #2. See also mcalB07F10i07.
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- Bridges: Unidentified
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- undated
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Undated photo of a bridge spanning a body of water in an unnamed location. Buildings seen at each end of the bridge.
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1935/1936 Fall-Spring Very dark or underdeveloped photo of large metal units and machinery in a large open space building.
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- Buildings - Interiors, Unidentified
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