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 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
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- Burlington Rock Quarry
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Burlington Rock Quarry and workers in winter conditions
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- Burlington Rock Quarry
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Burlington Rock Quarry and quarry workers
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- Burlington Rock Quarry
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This view is the same as View #1 and #2, taken a few minutes after the shot had been completed showing the results of the blast. Approximately 250 lbs. of dynamite was used for this shot producing approximately 2,500 tons of broken rock with a substantial saving in cost of drilling and blasting.
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- Burlington Rock Quarry
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Burlington Rock Quarry and quarry workers
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- Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
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July 27, 1938. View from the Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant in Williston showing chutes, workers, and smokestack in the distance
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- Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
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Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant workers, tipcarts and gravel bin. Undated but may be 1930s.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
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July 20, 1934. P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 A view of the east elevation of Central Plant taken from Pine Street looking westerly. Also the supervising group responsible for its successful completion.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
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July 20, 1934. P.W.A DOCKET NO. 2215 A view of the Central Plant with entrances to the office, garages, open sheds and stables.
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- Business Enterprises - A-B
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Burlington Electric Motor Service Inc. with employees. Undated but may be 1935 / 1936.
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- Business Enterprises - E-H
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Elias Lyman Coal Company Undated.
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- Business Enterprises - I-Z
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1952 photo of Ernest Lesage Fuel Service staff. Business located at 104 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, Vt.
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- Business Enterprises - I-Z
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1952 photo of Ernest Lesage Fuel Service located at 104 Malletts Bay Ave, Winooski, Vermont.
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- Business Enterprises - I-Z
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Spring 1950 photo of A. J. Lesage Market at 93 West Street, Winooski, Vermont.
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- Camp Abnaki
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Undated photo no. 4 of formal group portrait of the camp's staff on the grounds of Camp Abnaki, a boys' resident camp located in North Hero, Vermont along the shores of Lake Champlain owned by the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association). One woman seated in the front row is dressed in a nurse's...
Show moreUndated photo no. 4 of formal group portrait of the camp's staff on the grounds of Camp Abnaki, a boys' resident camp located in North Hero, Vermont along the shores of Lake Champlain owned by the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association). One woman seated in the front row is dressed in a nurse's uniform.
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