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 Airport
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Nov. 1, 1935. Construction workers grading at Burlington Municipal Airport with W.P.A labor Project No.65-12-168. Hangar with wind sock flying above it, administration building, beacon tower and vehicles in the background.
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- Burlington Airport
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City of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated Sept. 12, 1944 Administration Building:- This view shows the Administration Building including the beacon tower and the north wing and a section of the metal hangar as seen looking easterly as you approach the building just inside the...
Show moreCity of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated Sept. 12, 1944 Administration Building:- This view shows the Administration Building including the beacon tower and the north wing and a section of the metal hangar as seen looking easterly as you approach the building just inside the west gate. Note the narrow passageway between the main building and the metal hangar. It is proposed to remove the metal hangar to provide space for constructing a south wing.
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- Burlington Airport
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City of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated Oct. 6, 1944. This view shows the form work for the north wall of the concrete foundation walls being constructed by Street Department forces for the resetting of the metal hangar just south of the wooden hangar. A contract was awarded...
Show moreCity of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated Oct. 6, 1944. This view shows the form work for the north wall of the concrete foundation walls being constructed by Street Department forces for the resetting of the metal hangar just south of the wooden hangar. A contract was awarded to the Street Department to build these foundation walls including all materials, labor and equipment for the sum of $1500.00. Construction workers, wooden planks for getting up to and down from the main platform and vehicles can be seen.
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- Burlington Airport
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City of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated Oct. 11, 1944. This view shows the open metal hangar together with timber bracing used in strengthening and supporting the structure while being moved from its original position to the new foundations. This view is taken from a point...
Show moreCity of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated Oct. 11, 1944. This view shows the open metal hangar together with timber bracing used in strengthening and supporting the structure while being moved from its original position to the new foundations. This view is taken from a point just easterly of the new location after the rolls and timber had been changed to roll the hangar directly westward on its new foundation. An airplane sits to the left.
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- Burlington Airport
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Possibly interior of the administration building showing the main waiting room or terminal with ticket counter at the Burlington Municipal Airport in Burlington, Vermont. A row of armed chairs to the extreme left of the photo. Possible flight schedule on wall board in upper center. Large wall...
Show morePossibly interior of the administration building showing the main waiting room or terminal with ticket counter at the Burlington Municipal Airport in Burlington, Vermont. A row of armed chairs to the extreme left of the photo. Possible flight schedule on wall board in upper center. Large wall size bulletin board to the right with postings.
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- Burlington Airport
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August 10, 1937 of framework on the open side of the wooden hangar during construction at the Burlington Vermont Municipal Airport.
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- Burlington Airport
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This view shows the new timber hangar as it appeared June 11, 1937 during the early stages of construction at the Burlington Municipal Airport.
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- Burlington Airport
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1935/1936 Fall-Spring photo of the construction of a garage or other building at the Burlington Airport, Vermont.
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- Burlington Airport
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August 24, 1937 photo of the front side of the wooden hangar during construction at the Burlington Vermont Municipal Airport. Several piles of fill can be seen in front of some of the scaffolding.
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- Burlington Airport
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City of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated : Sept. 12, 1944. This view is a panorama of the entire frontage of the Airport building facilities including the wooden hangar on the left, the metal hangar and Administration Building in the center and the traffic control tower at the...
Show moreCity of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated : Sept. 12, 1944. This view is a panorama of the entire frontage of the Airport building facilities including the wooden hangar on the left, the metal hangar and Administration Building in the center and the traffic control tower at the right as it appeared from a point near the westerly edge of the north-south runway, before starting the project of removing and resetting the metal hangar to provide space for the construction of the new south wing on the Administration Building. McAllister's name embossed in the lower right just above date.
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- Burlington Airport
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July 27, 1934. Hangar building with arched sign identifying it as the Municipal Airport Burlington Vermont. Caption on this 1934 photo reads "#1A 7-27-34 concrete ramp hangar and administration bldg." A bi-plane sits in front of the hangar with wind sock flying above the hangar tower to the right.
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- Burlington Airport
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1945 photo of the Northeast Airlines building at the Burlington Airport, Vermont
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- Burlington Airport
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Construction of the hangar at the Burlington Municipal Airport in this dated photo of June 22, 1937. Construction workers can be seen on top. Row of supplies seen at the base of the building near a ladder.
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- Burlington Airport
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September 21, 1937 photo of the back side of the wooden hangar during construction at the Burlington Vermont Municipal Airport. The upper story open framework is being covered with vertical lumber.
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- Burlington Airport
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This view shows the new Hangar at the Burlington Municipal Airport as it appeared on June 22, 1937. The first 100 feet heavy timber truss can be seen partly erected in the upper right of the picture.
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- Burlington Airport
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June 8, 1937. Construction of a building (hangar) at the Burlington Municipal Airport (to become Burlington International Airport). A propeller driven airplane sits near the structure. Photographer's embossed name is seen in the lower right just above the date.
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- Burlington Airport
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1935/1936 photo of the construction of a garage or other building at the Burlington Airport, Vermont with an automobile parked inside.
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- Burlington Airport
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City of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated Oct. 11, 1944. This view taken from in front of the Administration Building shows the space between the wooden hangar and the Administration Building after the metal hangar had been removed and excavation fro the foundations for the new...
Show moreCity of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated Oct. 11, 1944. This view taken from in front of the Administration Building shows the space between the wooden hangar and the Administration Building after the metal hangar had been removed and excavation fro the foundations for the new south wing had been started.
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- Burlington Airport
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Burlington Street Department, Burlington, Vermont. Burlington Municipal Airport. Photo dated Mar. 7, 1945. This view taken from a point just easterly of the Administration Building shows the completed south wing and winter storm house. Beacon tower also shown. Note the balanced appearance which...
Show moreBurlington Street Department, Burlington, Vermont. Burlington Municipal Airport. Photo dated Mar. 7, 1945. This view taken from a point just easterly of the Administration Building shows the completed south wing and winter storm house. Beacon tower also shown. Note the balanced appearance which the new wing gives to the building. This wing was designed and supervised under direction of the City Engineer's Office and constructed by Wright & Morrissey, Contractors, the work being completed in Dec. 1944. Various wheeled carts in front.
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- Burlington Airport
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One view of the Northeast Airlines, Inc. building at the Burlington Municipal Airport in Burlington, Vermont.