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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- Sewer Projects (4X5)
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May 2, 1934. South End Sewer Project. Docket No. 2353. Burlington, Vermont. Crew members work in a narrow and deep trench at the project site.
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- Sewer Projects (4X5)
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June 1932. View of a wide trench down the middle of the street at a sewer project site. Wooden timber structures are seen in the trench. Photo printed backwards as the date is seen written backwards in the lower left corner.
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- Sewer Projects (4X5)
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April 20, 1934. South End Sewer Project. Docket No. 2353. Burlington, Vermont. A wooden sign identifies this project as part of the Federal Public Works. View of a very narrow trench in which one worker holds a jackhammer. A line of rocks are seen topside to the left.
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- Sewer Projects (4X5)
- Date Created
- 1932-04-25
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April 25, 1932. A Rutland Railroad steam engine spans a construction area of a sewer project near the water front in Burlington. See also mcalA16F12i19
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- Sewer Projects (4X5)
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March 5, 1937. View of a long narrow trench with a manhole seen in the forefront. Timbers span the trench and workmen are in the background laying pipe at this sewer project site.
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- Sewer Projects (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1944-01-20
- Description
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January 20, 1944. NORTH BEND STREET SEWER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. This view shows the intersection of North Bend Street in front of the Pomeroy "Stone" Cottage. This project extends from the intersection of Oak Street and North Bend northerly a distance of 110 feet to the intersection shown in the...
Show moreJanuary 20, 1944. NORTH BEND STREET SEWER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. This view shows the intersection of North Bend Street in front of the Pomeroy "Stone" Cottage. This project extends from the intersection of Oak Street and North Bend northerly a distance of 110 feet to the intersection shown in the foreground, thence easterly a distance of 167 feet to the dead-end manhole. A new manhole and two catch basins and one manhole are to be constructed at this intersection. 15 inch clay sewer tile is being used in the first section and 10 inch clay sewer tile is being used in the second section. This installation will take care of the surface drainage which here-to-fore has overflowed down over the bank to the left, into the Intervale, but because of the new road now leading to the Refuse Disposal Grounds, this surface water would create severe damage to the road and adjoining banks. Note also the catch basin being constructed at the intersection of North Bend Street and Walnut Street shown in the background. The frost on this date was approximately 4 feet in depth.
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- Title
- Sewer Projects (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1935-10-09
- Description
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October 9, 1935 view of intersection of Route 7 (Shelburne Road or Street) and bottom of Ledge Road as it ascends up hill to the east. City street dept workmen do road or sewer construction. A dept. truck supplies power.
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- Sewer Projects (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1935-10-09
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October 9, 1935 view of intersection of Route 7 (Shelburne Road or Street) and bottom of Ledge Road as it ascends up hill to the east. City street dept workmen do road or sewer construction. A dept. truck supplies power.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
- Date Created
- 1949
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1949 view of bare ground construction site belonging to the Shelburne Museum.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
- Date Created
- 1949
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1949 photo of bare ground construction site belonging to the Shelburne Museum.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
- Date Created
- 1935-1936
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1935 / 1936 photo of construction on land belonging to the Shelburne Museum.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
- Date Created
- 1946-1947
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1946 / 1947 view of construction on land belonging to the Shelburne Museum. Route 7 (?) in the foreground.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
- Date Created
- 1951-1952
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1951 / 1952 view of open acres of land belonging to the Shelburne Museum. Plumbs of earth are seen as the land is worked.
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- Shelburne Museum - Construction
- Date Created
- 1951-1952
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1951 / 1952 view of open acres of land belonging to the Shelburne Museum. Plumbs of earth are seen as the land is worked.
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- State Health Building
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Fall 1952 - site of the State Health Building under construction. Listed as 115 Colchester Ave in 1954 city directory (currently 195 Colchester Ave.) ; to the left in background is Mann Hall of Trinity College also on Colchester Ave, Burlington, Vt.
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- State Health Building
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Fall 1952 - site of the State Health Building being constructed at 115 Colchester Ave. (currently 195 Colchester Ave.) ; to the left in background is Mann Hall of Trinity College opposite the site also on upper Colchester Ave, Burlington, Vt.
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- State Health Building
- Description
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Fall 1952 - site of the State Health Building under construction. Listed as 115 in 1954 city directory (currently 195 Colchester Ave.) ; to the left in background is Mann Hall of Trinity College also on upper Colchester Ave, Burlington, Vt.
- Title
- State Health Building Construction (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1952
- Description
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1952 construction site photo of State Health Building being built. Listed as 115 Colchester Ave. in 1954 city directory (currently 195 Colchester Ave.). Newly built Mary Fletcher Hospital seen to the right in background.
- Title
- State Health Building Construction (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1952
- Description
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1952 construction site photo of State Health Building being built. Listed as 115 Colchester Ave. in 1954 city directory (currently 195 Colchester Ave.). Newly built Mary Fletcher Hospital seen to the center right in background.
- Title
- State Health Building Construction (Burlington, VT)
- Date Created
- 1952
- Description
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1952 construction site photo of State Health Building being built. Listed as 115 Colchester Ave. in 1954 city directory (currently 195 Colchester Ave.). Newly built Mary Fletcher Hospital seen to the right in background.