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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- Blodgett Oven Company
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1947/1949 View of the assembly line at the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens as employees work on assembling the body of the stove. Located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
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- Blodgett Oven Company
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1947/1949 Employees weld parts of an industrial oven being manufactured on the assembly line at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
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- Blodgett Oven Company
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1947/1949 Employees work on the assembly line of the oven manufacturing firm G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc. located at 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. Advertised as being "the largest industrial oven manufacturing concern in the world"
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- Blodgett Oven Company
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1947/1949 Photo of employees working at plant machinery at the Blodgett oven company located at 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. A view of the manufacturing plant seen in the background.
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- Blodgett Oven Company
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1947/1949 Employees assemble parts of an industrial oven being manufactured on the assembly line at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
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- Blodgett Oven Company
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1947/1949 An employee of the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens is seen working with a hose on one of the double deck ovens. Located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. Photo #4.
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- Blodgett Oven Company
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1947/1949 An employee of the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens, is seen working on the body of an oven on the assembly line. Located on Lakeside 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.