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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- Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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October 4, 1955. Interior view of the remodeled S. S. Kresge Company department store on Church Street, Burlington, Vermont. Wm. G. Younglove, Supt. Hardware tools seen on open counters to the left. G E light bulbs in the foreground. To the right are housewares merchandise.
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- Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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Fall 1955. Boxed Christmas cards fill one counter as seen in this view of the interior of the S.S. Kresge Company department store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Overhead lights illuminate a wide variety of other merchandise on display during the store's remodeling sale.
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- Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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October 4, 1955. View of the S. S. Kresge Company department store on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Wm C. Younglove, supt. Overhead lighting illuminates the many counters where a wide variety of merchandise is displayed. To the right in middle background is a display of dolls.
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- Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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Interior view of the remodeled S. S. Kresge Company department store on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Seen is the lunch counter and nearby counters with a variety of merchandise displayed. Overhead banners and signs indicate the year end holidays are coming soon. Note the Turkey Dinner...
Show moreInterior view of the remodeled S. S. Kresge Company department store on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Seen is the lunch counter and nearby counters with a variety of merchandise displayed. Overhead banners and signs indicate the year end holidays are coming soon. Note the Turkey Dinner banner and Shop Early sign near the Toy Dept. Photo #1.
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- Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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Remodeling sale in the remodeled S. S. Kresge Company department store on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Seen here are household curtains and other linens on the left. To the right are kitchen supplies. Probable date 1955.
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- Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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Undated but probably 1955. Most likely the occasion of the grand reopening after the remodeling project of the S. S. Kresge Company department store on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Seen here are officials, family members and store employees at the ribbon cutting ceremony.
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- Landscapes - Unidentified
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1930s photo of a muddy and deeply rutted dirt road along side a barn and other buildings in the distance.
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- Machinery
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A large piece of machinery stands outside a building with corrugated metal siding.
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- Machinery
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A large metal mechanical piece of industrial machinery with various connecting wheels and pulleys located inside a building.
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- Machinery
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A large piece of machinery stands outside a building with corrugated metal siding.
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- Machinery
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Machine work room.
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- Machinery
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1930s interior view of a machine room. Label on machinery may read in part "Built by H.C. Fish Machine Works ..."
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- Machinery
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Interior photo of a machine room.
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- Machinery
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1930s interior view of a machine room.
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- Machinery
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1930s photo of the interior of a machine room.
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- Machinery
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A large piece of machinery standing outside a building next to a door that has a sign on it reading "No admittance"
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- Manufacturing and Tool, Corp.
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Undated wintertime photo of the Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. building.
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- Manufacturing and Tool, Corp.
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Undated wintertime photo of the Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. building.
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- Manufacturing and Tool, Corp.
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Undated wintertime photo of the Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. building.
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- Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. - Interior
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Photo of Interior of Manufacturing and Tool, Corp. showing some of the machines.