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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- Business Enterprises - C-D
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1951/1952 photo of a moving van owned by Chase Movers & Storage. Office and warehouse located at 77-83 College Street.
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- Business Enterprises - C-D
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1951 photo of a moving van owned by Chase Movers & Storage. Office and warehouse located at 77-83 College Street.
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- Business Enterprises - E-H
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1944 Fassett's Bakery delivery truck advertising "Buy U.S. War Bonds." Business located at 294 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington.
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- Business Enterprises - E-H
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1945 photo of Gero Bros. Movers. Moving truck.
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- Business Enterprises - E-H
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1952 photo of A.C. Hathorne Co./C.P. Smith Supply Co. located at 135 South Winooski Ave.
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- Business Enterprises - I-Z
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1947 photo of Lawrence Distilling Company, Inc. at 95-99 College Street, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Business Enterprises - I-Z
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1945 photo of Northern Oil Co. at 201 College Street, Burlington, Vermont. To the far left is seen White's Dairy Products.
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- Camp MacArthur (Waitsfield, VT)
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1944 A street view of Waitsfield, Vermont.
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- Cathedral High School - Band
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1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind...
Show more1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind the photographer. Photo No. 6.
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- Cathedral High School - Band
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1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind...
Show more1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind the photographer. Photo No. 5.
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- Cathedral High School - Band
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1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind...
Show more1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind the photographer. Photo no. 3?
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- Cathedral High School - Band
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1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind...
Show more1942 photo of the Cathedral High School marching band, with bandmaster Dr. Joseph Lechnyr (d. 1959) on the left, in parade formation at 114 Pearl St., in front of Mrs. Lottie Guertin's bakery. The First Unitarian Universalist Society church is in the background. High school would have been behind the photographer. Photo No. 4.
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- Chittenden Trust Company Construction
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View of the Chittenden County Trust Company (123 Church Street & 173 College Street)and Western Union office (129 Church) as seen from Church Street. To the far right is McAuliffe Paper Co. retail store (117 Church Street). Automobiles are parked along the street. Trolley tracks remain embedded....
Show moreView of the Chittenden County Trust Company (123 Church Street & 173 College Street)and Western Union office (129 Church) as seen from Church Street. To the far right is McAuliffe Paper Co. retail store (117 Church Street). Automobiles are parked along the street. Trolley tracks remain embedded. Undated but may be early 1930s.
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- Churches, Identified
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Tearing down of the Church of the Nazarene, Burlington, Vermont at the corner of Pearl Street and No. Winooski Avenue. Gulf gas service station to be built here. Undated. 1950s? Built by the break away group from the First Baptist Church known as the Bereans.
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- Colchester, Rt. 7
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Photo of an automobile accident looking towards Sunderland Hollow, Colchester, Vermont. Undated but may be 1930s.
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- Fort Ethan Allen Artillery Range (Underhill)
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Portrait of military men in front of tents.
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- Houses -Identified
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Undated photo of 27 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt.
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- Houses -Unidentified
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1945 photo of two unidentified houses. Home on the right has two sets of steps leading to entrances and an upper story open porch.
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- Houses -Unidentified
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1940s photo of house at 240 Shelburne Road, Burlington after a heavy snow fall. Is that Dr. Charles W. Gates standing outside?
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- Houses, Miscellaneous Identified
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1951 photo of fallen and damaged trees in the roadway near McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave. To the far right in background is 57 North Winooski Ave, Burlington at the corner of Grant Street.