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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- Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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1945/1946 Late Fall - January. G. S. Blodgett oven company. (on back of photo written in pencil is National Guard Armory)
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- Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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1945/1946 Late Fall - January. G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc. at the corner of Central Ave and Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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December 5, 1945. For dated photo see also Burlington Streets: Lakeside Ave mcalA05F11i02 City of Burlington, Vermont, Street Department Lakeside Ave. Pavement Base Construction This view was taken from a point near the intersection of Central Ave. looking easterly toward the underpass. The new...
Show moreDecember 5, 1945. For dated photo see also Burlington Streets: Lakeside Ave mcalA05F11i02 City of Burlington, Vermont, Street Department Lakeside Ave. Pavement Base Construction This view was taken from a point near the intersection of Central Ave. looking easterly toward the underpass. The new factory building just completed for the Blodgett Co. is shown with parking area base recently constructed between the street line and the building. Note the asphalt emulsion stabilized base which was mixed the previous day before taking this picture. Cold weather and frost conditions had frozen the base mixture on the left half of the street but the job was continued on the north half in spite of the low temperatures as the street had to be put in condition to receive traffic for the winter, this street being on a regular bus line. The job was continued by placing a 2 inch layer of crushed stone on this stabilized base and penetrating the same with asphalt emulsion and covering with concrete sand as a "blotter" for the winter and then opened to traffic. This project will be continued to completion in the spring by constructing an integral concrete curb and gutter on the south side of a 2 inch hot plant mix wearing surface over the entire pavement area. Note the asphalt distributor applying emulsion and the tractor and harrow mixing the base.
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- Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
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1947 piping for heating at the Blodgett oven company, Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
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- Boats
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- 1919, undated
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1958 photo of dome shaped tent-like structure with banner strung over the entrance. Possibly the same structure for the Evinrude sale of outboard and motor boats. Photo #4. See also mcalB07F10i10.
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- Boats
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- 1919, undated
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Dome shaped tent-like structure near an unpaved access road next to an open sided shed with motor boats on display. At center bottom a shadow of a person (possibly the photographer). Photo #2. See also mcalB07F10i07.
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- Bridges: Unidentified
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- undated
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Undated photo of a bridge spanning a body of water in an unnamed location. Buildings seen at each end of the bridge.
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- Buildings - Interiors, Unidentified
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1935/1936 Fall-Spring Metal units and large machinery in a large open space building. See also Buildings - Mechanical Devices mcalB02F17i08
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- Buildings - Interiors, Unidentified
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1935/1936 Fall-Spring Very dark or underdeveloped photo of large metal units and machinery in a large open space building.
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- Buildings - Interiors, Unidentified
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1948/1949 photo the interior of a building showing tanks (hot water??)
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- Buildings - Interiors, Unidentified
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1948/1949 photo of the interior of a building showing tanks (hot water??)
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- Buildings - Interiors, Unidentified
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1935/1936 Fall-Spring Metal units of some type in a large open space building. See also mcalB02F17i08
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- Buildings - Mechanical Devices
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1935/1936 photo of metal machinery of some type with a roller in a large open space building with pipes overhead. See also mcalB02F18i03 and mcalB02F18i04.
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- Buildings - Mechanical Devices
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1949 photo of the interior of a building showing several units arranged along a wall with a narrow passageway.
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- Buildings - Mechanical Equipment
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Photo of what may be a roof top during construction or repair? Undated. Summer, Fall, Winter
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- Buildings - Mechanical Equipment
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Photo of a narrow passage way leading to a door above which is some type of metal mechanical device. Path is sandwiched in between the wall of building on the left and a brick building on the right with a wire fence.
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- Buildings - Mechanical Equipment
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Photo of the remains of a small stone building. The roof is gone, the window frames are empty and one can see into the building to the other end.
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- Buildings - Mechanical Equipment
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Photo of what may be a multi door garage? Undated. Summer, Fall, Winter
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- Buildings - Unidentified
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Photo of a hallway being remolded or repainted. Photo #23. First Congregational Church, Burlington, Vermont???
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- Buildings - Unidentified
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Photo of the interior of a building showing a wood floor, window and heat radiators to the left, shelving to the right.