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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February 19, 1932. Members of a crew dig with pick axes at a sewer project site near the Burlington Lake Champlain water front.
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November 21, 1940. North End Sewer project. This view shows the construction of the Bradley Road section of the North End Sewer. The Austin Excavator is being employed to excavate all materials and deliver with side delivery elevator into trucks where it is transported back and dumped into the...
Show moreNovember 21, 1940. North End Sewer project. This view shows the construction of the Bradley Road section of the North End Sewer. The Austin Excavator is being employed to excavate all materials and deliver with side delivery elevator into trucks where it is transported back and dumped into the ditch for refilling. This view shows the evidence of boulders and ledge encountered in the excavation. Note the absence of sheeting on this project regardless of the depth of the trench which at this point was approximately twelve feet. The top layer of approximately six feet being sand and loam was broken down from the shoulders with the aid of compressed air tools at a slope which did not endanger the men laying the tile. The bottom six or seven feet of excavation was in solid blue clay. Note the straight sides in the bottom of the trench indicating the stability of this material. Very little water was encountered at this point.
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March 9, 1932. An automobile is seen at one end of an area beneath an overpass or bridge part of a sewer construction project. Tree trunks act as supports for some of the timbers.
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June 4, 1932. A view of metal side supports and timber cross beams with some planks in place over a water filled trench.
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August 11, 1932. View of a huge sewer pipe made with clay or concrete sewer tiles positioned in a trench as crew members work in the distance.
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October 7, 1946. Members of a crew work in a large trench at a sewer project site. The home of a resident is seen to the left.
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Three men work in what looks like a cellar of a building. There is a stone foundation behind the men and painted wooden panels along with large mounds of dirt and exposed metal bars in the ground (rebar?) Overhead floor jousts and metal pipes.
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April 1932. View of the large amount of rebar used in a sewer project in Burlington. Two men stand within the structure. One man is clearly a crew member while the other who wears a suit and tie may be a supervisor.
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April 5, 1932. View of a stretch of sewer project construction with a large crane seen to the right.
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November 21, 1940. North End Sewer This view shows the operation of the Austin Excavator and is identical with the view shown in the previous picture except looking in the opposite direction (northerly).
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May 9, 1938. View at a sewer project site with a long deep and narrow trench extending the length of the street. A manhole is seen in the forefront. A shack stands to the right next to a smaller shed. Is this Cliff Street in Burlington? See also mcalA16F13i14
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Three members of a crew operate jack hammers in a water filled trench at a sewer project site.
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May 8, 1939. Sewer construction project underway with the use of a crane in front of the Pine Glen Tavern restaurant at 1310 North Avenue, Burlington (near where Gosse Court is currently). Walter E. Gosse, proprietor.
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April 5, 1932. Crew members construct timber supports as part of a Burlington sewer project near the railroad tracks. Railway cars of the Rutland and CCC & St.L (Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis) are seen in the background.
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View of several buildings on top of an torn up embankment with lots of rubble nearby at a sewer project site.
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June 1929. Break in ravine sewer caused by exceptional rain storm. Note the the new metal pipes piled up in back with other supplies and equipment. See also mcalA16F13i17
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June 4, 1932. A large trench has been dug, timber and rebar are seen in this major sewer project.
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March 9, 1932. A large crane is positioned in the center of the photo at a major sewer project site. The Burlington break water can be seen in the background.
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March 9, 1932. Members of a crew work with shovels on a timber platform within a wooden frame. Lumber is seen laying on the ground to the left. Trucks and other equipment are in the area.
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March 5, 1937. Laying pipe at a sewer project site.