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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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: North Ave
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Photograph dated June 4, 1934. The C. H. Goss Co., an auto dealership located at 237 North Avenue, can be seen to the left. Original caption reads: P.W.A. Project #2232. This is a view of the North Ave Widening Project looking northerly from Barry St. It shoes the completion of the Project which...
Show morePhotograph dated June 4, 1934. The C. H. Goss Co., an auto dealership located at 237 North Avenue, can be seen to the left. Original caption reads: P.W.A. Project #2232. This is a view of the North Ave Widening Project looking northerly from Barry St. It shoes the completion of the Project which included 10" Telfold base, a 2" penetration course and a 2" binder wearing course together with integral curb and gutter.
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- Burlington Streets: North Ave
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Photograph dated July 3, 1934. Original caption reads: P.W.A. Project #2232. A view of one of the roads Lake View Cemetery Addition looking easterly. Note the distributor applying the penetration to the prepared Stone course.
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- Burlington Streets: North Ave
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Photograph dated May 15, 1934. Original caption reads: P.W.A Project #2232 A view looking southerly in the North Ave Widening Project showing the completed 2" penetration course and the application of the 2" binder wearing course.
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- Burlington Streets: North Ave
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Photograph dated July 3, 1934. Original caption reads: P.W.A. Project #2232. This view is looking westerly, of the penetration with the City of Burlington's Distributor, of one of the roads at Lake View Cemetery
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- Burlington Streets: North Ave
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Photograph dated May 2, 1934. Original caption reads: P.W.A Project #2232 A view of North Avenue widening Project looking southerly. The excavation of the road bed has been completed in this section and has part of the Telfold base in place.
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- Burlington Streets: North Ave
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Photograph dated June 4, 1934, looking south from the entrance of Lake View Cemetery. The Providence Orphan Asylum can be seen to the right through the trees. Original caption reads: P.W.A Project #2232 A view of North Avenue widening Project looking southerly from the northerly termination of...
Show morePhotograph dated June 4, 1934, looking south from the entrance of Lake View Cemetery. The Providence Orphan Asylum can be seen to the right through the trees. Original caption reads: P.W.A Project #2232 A view of North Avenue widening Project looking southerly from the northerly termination of Project. It shows the completed pavement with integral curb and gutter and increases the pavement width on an average of 12 Feet.
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- Burlington Streets: North Ave
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Photograph dated July 3, 1934. Original caption reads: P.W.A. Project #2232. A view looking westerly from North Ave showing the grading and rolling of the crushed stone preparatory to its being penetrated in the road leading from North Ave to the Addition of Lake View Cemetery.
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- Burlington Streets: Pine St.
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June 13, 1935. Pine Street widening project from Maple St. to Howard St. P.W.A. Project No. 2232.
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- Burlington Streets: Prospect Street
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June 13, 1935. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project No. 2361. Curb and gutter construction on No. Prospect Street at "Fern Hill"
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- Burlington Streets: University Place
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June 13, 1935. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project No. 2361. Sidewalk construction for University Place - Main Street. To the right is seen the Old Mill.
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- Burlington Streets: University Place
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June 13, 1935. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project 2361. Sidewalk construction for University Place at the corner of Main Street by workmen of the Burlington Street Dept. To the right is Morrill Hall on the University of Vermont campus.
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- Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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August 15, 1939. Intersection of Howard Street, South Winooski Avenue and St. Paul Street (five point intersection). This view shows the wearing surface being constructed on South Winooski Avenue before the leveling course had been constructed by the Burlington Street Dept. on the intersection....
Show moreAugust 15, 1939. Intersection of Howard Street, South Winooski Avenue and St. Paul Street (five point intersection). This view shows the wearing surface being constructed on South Winooski Avenue before the leveling course had been constructed by the Burlington Street Dept. on the intersection. Note also new integral curb and gutter radius at the right. A sign in the street slight right of center of the photo indicates that this is a P.W.A. (Pubic Works Administration) project.
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