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.
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Dated 1945 Photo of an industrial oven made by the G. S. Blodgett Co. in Burlington, Vermont.
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1946/53 photo showing the interior of a multi deck industrial or commercial oven made by G. S. Blodgett Co., Burlington, Vermont.
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1946/1953 photo taken from above of a multi deck oven with doors closed. View of part of the plant seen in the background. Made by G. S. Blodgett Co. of Burlington, Vermont.
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1953 view of interior element of an industrial or commercial oven manufactured at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
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1948 /1949 view of interior elements of a double deck industrial or commercial oven manufactured at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
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1946/1953 view of interior element of an industrial or commercial single deck oven manufactured at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
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Dated 1944 Photo of a triple deck industrial or commercial oven made by the G. S. Blodgett Co. in Burlington, Vermont.
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1946/1953 view of interior element of an industrial or commercial single deck oven manufactured at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
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Dated 1944 Photo of an industrial oven made by the G. S. Blodgett Co. in Burlington, Vermont.
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Dated 1937 Photo of an industrial oven made by the G. S. Blodgett Co. in Burlington, Vermont.