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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Ca. 1951 photo of a warehouse at Vt. Structural Steel, with large piles of beams and J-shaped rods, very likely for reinforcing concrete.
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March 1951 photo of the interior of a Vermont Structural Steel building that covers a railroad track. Although blurry in some areas, an interesting study of perspective and light.
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March 1951 photo of a storage container, made presumably by Vt. Structural Steel. Features and eventual use are difficult to discern. Photo No. 54.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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Ca. 1951 photo of the interior of a large warehouse and shop at Vt. Structural Steel.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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Ca. 1951 photo of a large steel storage container made at Vt. Structural Steel.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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Ca. 1951 photo of an employee at Vt. Structural Steel grinding the seam of a large steel structure.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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Ca. 1951 photo of a cone-shaped structure designed at Vt. Structural Steel. Purpose of the object is unknown.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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Ca. 1951 photo of steel disc-cutting machine. Vt. Structural Steel specialized in engineering and designing steel products for industry and other enterprises.
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Ca. 1951 photo of a building interior, presumably at Vt. Structural Steel, constructed mostly of steel beams and corrugated metal, with a few air ducts woven into the rows of beams.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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Ca. 1951 photo of an employee at Vt. Structural Steel working on a cone-shaped structure for a building or machine.
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Ca. 1951 photo of an employee at Vt. Structural Steel working on a cone-shaped structure for a building or machine.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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Ca. 1951 photo of a shop at Vt. Structural Steel, where a cone-shaped structure is being made for a building or machine. Fashioning custom-made objects from steel was one of several services offered by Vt. Structural Steel.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
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Ca. 1951 photo of railroad tracks under a steel-frame building, presumably a loading dock at Vt. Structural Steel.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Construction Sites
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1951 photo of a construction site, where the steel frame of the building is complete or near completion. Site is unknown but probably downtown Burlington. Several (now vintage) automobiles parked nearby.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Construction Sites
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1951. May be construction of the United States Collector Internal Revenue building at 80 St. Paul Street as the First Baptist Church at 81 St. Paul is seen directly in the back. Location is listed in the 1952 city directory. Also listed in the directory is the USA & USAP Recruiting Station at 82...
Show more1951. May be construction of the United States Collector Internal Revenue building at 80 St. Paul Street as the First Baptist Church at 81 St. Paul is seen directly in the back. Location is listed in the 1952 city directory. Also listed in the directory is the USA & USAP Recruiting Station at 82 St. Paul. Location is currently 76 Corporate Plaza on St. Paul. Numbers 80 and 82 no longer exist. Photo #46.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Construction Sites
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1951. May be construction of the United States Collector Internal Revenue building at 80 St. Paul Street as the First Baptist Church at 81 St. Paul is seen directly in the back. Location is listed in the 1952 city directory. Also listed in the directory is the USA & USAP Recruiting Station at 82...
Show more1951. May be construction of the United States Collector Internal Revenue building at 80 St. Paul Street as the First Baptist Church at 81 St. Paul is seen directly in the back. Location is listed in the 1952 city directory. Also listed in the directory is the USA & USAP Recruiting Station at 82 St. Paul. Location is currently 76 Corporate Plaza on St. Paul. Numbers 80 and 82 no longer exist. See also mcalB02F30i05 edit
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- Vermont Transit Co.
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Two bus operators (dressed in two different styles of uniform) stand at a check in board where drivers can hang metal "blades" with their names beneath the corresponding number of the bus they are operating. At the head of the board is Transportation Investigating Service Incorporated Bridgeport,...
Show moreTwo bus operators (dressed in two different styles of uniform) stand at a check in board where drivers can hang metal "blades" with their names beneath the corresponding number of the bus they are operating. At the head of the board is Transportation Investigating Service Incorporated Bridgeport, Conn. Names top to bottom (left to right): Henry Drake, Walter Wood, Arthur Bora, John Wissell, Ray Bora (holding), Alfred Russell.
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- Vermont Transit Co.
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Photo of a Vermont Transit Co. bus. The VTC logo is seen on the side of the bus along with spare tire. An open rack on the top of the bus to the rear for luggage. 1930?
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- Vermont Transit Co.
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1935. Photo of a Vermont Transit Co. bus at the bus barn, Riverside Ave, Burlington, Vermont. White Motor Company, deluxe model. On the side of the bus is the route that it made. The VTC logo is also seen. An open rack on the top of the bus to the rear for luggage.
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- Vermont Transit Lines
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May 1945. Damaged front end of Vermont Transit Lines bus, The Green Mountaineer 190 showing license plate number 115 and plate "Public Service Vechicle 19 VT 45". Letters "acf" center beneath windshields.