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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- Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
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1951 photo of two Yandow Motor Company employees. Located at 11-15 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt.
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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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- Burlington Asphalt Plant
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Burlington Asphalt Plant employees, trucks, horse
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- Burlington Asphalt Plant
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Burlington Asphalt Plant and employees
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- Burlington Asphalt Plant
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Burlington Asphalt Plant automobile, trucks, and drivers
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- Burlington Asphalt Plant
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Burlington Asphalt Plant and employees
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- Burlington Asphalt Plant
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Burlington Asphalt Plant and employees
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- Burlington City Hall Park
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June 4, 1938. City Hall Park, Burlington, groundskeepers working near fountain. Hotel Vermont seen beyond the elm trees and to the right behind the fountain is Van Ness House. Automobiles and even a Burlington Rapid Transit bus can be seen.
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- Burlington City Hall Park
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June 4, 1938 Burlington City Hall and City Hall Park with groundskeepers working near fountain
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- Burlington City Hall Park
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June 4, 1938. City Hall Park, Burlington, groundskeepers
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- Burlington City Hall Park
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June 4, 1938. Groundskeepers with truck working in City Hall Park near fountain with City Hall in the background
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- Burlington Dump
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March 18, 1944. This view shows the inside of the Salvage Depot during the process of baling salvage paper and cardboard. The Street Department erected this building with its own employees and with material salvaged from various and sundry jobs. The Street Department purchased this baler and...
Show moreMarch 18, 1944. This view shows the inside of the Salvage Depot during the process of baling salvage paper and cardboard. The Street Department erected this building with its own employees and with material salvaged from various and sundry jobs. The Street Department purchased this baler and scales for the baling and weighing of salvage materials. The bale of pasteboard and cartons shown on the scales weight approximately 100 lbs. The salvage process will continue at this plant as a regular function of the operation of the Municipal Refuse Disposal Grounds of the Street Department after the War is over and for helping to pay the operating costs of the grounds.
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- Burlington High School Faculty
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Group portrait of twenty Burlington High School faculty / teachers standing outside the Edmunds High School building (possibly taken in the 1930s) Photo most likely taken for BHS yearbook, Oread.
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- Burlington High School Faculty
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Photo of a Burlington High School track coach, Carl Adams and student, Allan Remick. Allan wears a dark sweatshirt with the word Burlington on the front. Possibly taken in the Edmunds High School gymnasium. Photo appears in BHS yearbook Oread 1954, p. 41.
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- Burlington High School Faculty
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Formal portrait of the Burlington High School faculty. Seen standing at the extreme left is Holland "Dutch" Smith (with the Burlington school system beginning in 1929, BHS principal 1950-1964). A version of this photo seen in BHS yearbook, Oread 1956, p. 9.
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- Burlington High School Faculty
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Formal portrait of eleven teachers at Burlington High School seated at tables or standing behind.
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- Burlington High School Faculty
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Group portrait of Burlington High School faculty / teachers in the 1930s standing outside Edmunds High School building. Standing in the back row to the extreme left is Holland "Dutch" Smith (with the Burlington school system beginning in 1929, BHS principal 1950-1964). Photo most likely taken for...
Show moreGroup portrait of Burlington High School faculty / teachers in the 1930s standing outside Edmunds High School building. Standing in the back row to the extreme left is Holland "Dutch" Smith (with the Burlington school system beginning in 1929, BHS principal 1950-1964). Photo most likely taken for BHS yearbook, Oread.
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- Burlington High School Groups
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Burlington High School custodians seated in stairwell ; third row: John Fleury, Patrick Williams, Charles Coburn ; second row: Mark Dague, Charles Isham, Henry Leclair ; first row: Walter Hartz, Gerard King. In BHS yearbook Oread 1954.
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- Burlington High School Groups
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1953/1954 Burlington High School photographer, Roger Baker, with camera and flash bulb attachment gets ready to take a photo of Miss Cora Hutchins, a Burlington High School senior high counselor, holding a telephone receiver and seated at a wooden desk in a school office. A drawer of index cards...
Show more1953/1954 Burlington High School photographer, Roger Baker, with camera and flash bulb attachment gets ready to take a photo of Miss Cora Hutchins, a Burlington High School senior high counselor, holding a telephone receiver and seated at a wooden desk in a school office. A drawer of index cards are on the desk. Behind may be a mimeograph machine. Taken in the Edmunds High School building. A cropped version of this photo appears on p. 20 of BHS yearbook Oread 1954.
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- Burlington Rock Quarry
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Burlington Rock Quarry, with employees loading tipcarts