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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Two members of a crew work in a wide water filled canal supported by wooden plank walls at a sewer project site. A high stone wall is seen in the background.
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April 25, 1932. View of a rebar structure that is part of a major sewer project down near the railroad tracks in Burlington. Rutland Railroad cars seen in the background.
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March 5, 1937. Long cross beams span a water filled sectioned trench at a sewer project site.
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May 8, 1939. Sewer construction crew members work in and above a long narrow trench at a sewer project site.
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March 5, 1937. Sewer construction site. This view shows a section of the location of the North End Sewer trunk line outlet through a right of way across the Farrington property where the trees had been cut for a width of fifty feet and stumps had been removed.
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Rebar and timber supports at a sewer project site
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March 3, 1937. View of parts of sewer storm drain pipes (sewer tile) stockpiled down by the railroad tracks in Burlington. The Burlington Grocery Company building seen in the background located at 47-49 Maple Street. Railway cars of Rutland Railroad and Lehigh Valley Railroad back right.
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Winooski Bridge Construction ; sewer project
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May 9, 1938. View of a long narrow trench at a sewer project site. Trees have been cut down as seen on the left and long pipes are laying on the ground. Large piles of dirt and rock seen to the right. A wooden shack is seen at the top of the hill. Is this Cliff Street in Burlington? See also...
Show moreMay 9, 1938. View of a long narrow trench at a sewer project site. Trees have been cut down as seen on the left and long pipes are laying on the ground. Large piles of dirt and rock seen to the right. A wooden shack is seen at the top of the hill. Is this Cliff Street in Burlington? See also mcalA16F13i18
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November 21, 1940. North End Sewer project. This view is the same as shown in the previous picture except that this picture shows the incomplete back fill and the construction of a manhole in the foreground; also the intersection of the park road leading from Bradley Road into Ethan Allen Park...
Show moreNovember 21, 1940. North End Sewer project. This view is the same as shown in the previous picture except that this picture shows the incomplete back fill and the construction of a manhole in the foreground; also the intersection of the park road leading from Bradley Road into Ethan Allen Park opposite the Blondin residence.
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View of a large dug out area with a crew member using a hose to blast water at an embankment as part of a sewer project in Burlington.
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February 19, 1932. Members of a crew work on a short overpass or bridge during a major sewer project in Burlington near the railroad tracks. A large crane, truck and supplies are seen. Railway cars of the Rutland Railroad are in the background.
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April 24, 1931. View of long dry narrow trench as it stretches across a residential area at a sewer project site. Homes can be seen in the background.
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June 16, 1932. Another view of the rebar construction in a major sewer project.
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August 11, 1932. View of water running through an opening in a sewer project.
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View of several buildings at the top of an embankment at this sewer project site. View is looking westerly toward Depot Street (?) from the west end of North Ave in Burlington. Some disrepair, some refuse, soil erosion as well as some vegetation seen. See also mcalA05F24i05 for another view.
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February 2, 1933. Crew members work in dug out area with high dirt embankments surrounding them on three sides at this sewer project site. A chute can be seen at the top of the photo in which the men help manipulate material.
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November 24, 1939. A dump truck deposits its load at a sewer project site as crew members work nearby. Other trucks and machinery seen.
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March 5, 1937. View of a late winter field. Trees have been felled as their trunks are seen sticking up. Some trunks have been dug up. A wire fence spans the area. Seen in the distance is what looks like a tunnel as part of a sewer project site.
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August 11, 1932. A major street construction sewer project is underway. A huge trench has been dug and workmen, cross beam timbers and large pipes can be seen.