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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- Burlington Streets: Center Street
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Workmen spreading asphalt to a portion of Center Street in Burlington. View is looking down Center Street from Bank Street.
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- Burlington Streets: Center Street
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Workmen are spreading asphalt on a portion of Center Street (also once called Catlins Lane) in Burlington probably in the 1920s. Steamroller can be seen to the right ready to tamp the pavement. Buildings seen include 191-195 Bank Street on the left, 207 Bank Street on right, 196 Bank to the mid...
Show moreWorkmen are spreading asphalt on a portion of Center Street (also once called Catlins Lane) in Burlington probably in the 1920s. Steamroller can be seen to the right ready to tamp the pavement. Buildings seen include 191-195 Bank Street on the left, 207 Bank Street on right, 196 Bank to the mid-left. View is looking down Center St. toward Bank Street. The mansard-roof building to the right of center has been replaced by a parking garage. McAllister's embossed name seen in lower right. Photo published in Images of America Burlington, Vol. 2, p. 35.
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- Burlington Streets: Champlain Street
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Photo of several two story wooden clapboard houses on a corner of North Champlain Street and North Bend Street in Burlington. The street sign can be seen to the right attached to the corner of the house. A slate roof is on the second house. North Bend Street was later renamed to Manhattan Drive.
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- Burlington Streets: Cherry Street (4X5)
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Cherry St. - Asphalt Paving Project. Photo dated June 29, 1946. This view of Cherry Street taken from the intersection of St. Paul Street shows the new stone-filled-sheet asphalt hot plant mix pavement in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Catholic church (97 Cherry Street) only...
Show moreCherry St. - Asphalt Paving Project. Photo dated June 29, 1946. This view of Cherry Street taken from the intersection of St. Paul Street shows the new stone-filled-sheet asphalt hot plant mix pavement in front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Catholic church (97 Cherry Street) only a few days after its completion. This pavement was constructed approximately 2 inches in thickness over the old pavement as a base. The gutters were first built up to maintain a uniform depth of 6 inch curb face. Left side building is 35 St. Paul (three story wood frame with brick veneer)
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- Burlington Streets: Cherry Street (4X5)
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Undated view of paved Cherry Street in Burlington looking east toward the First Congregational Church (seen at the far end). May date from the 1930s. On the left is a vertical sign for the New Sherwood Hotel. Automobiles are parked on each side. Buildings seen here 108-114 Cherry (three story...
Show moreUndated view of paved Cherry Street in Burlington looking east toward the First Congregational Church (seen at the far end). May date from the 1930s. On the left is a vertical sign for the New Sherwood Hotel. Automobiles are parked on each side. Buildings seen here 108-114 Cherry (three story four-plex frame with brick veneer), 115-117 Cherry (three story frame). On the right two hanging signs indicate The Salvation Army and Silver Gray Inn. Also on the right painted on the side of the building is the sign Ice Cream Co. and below it Coca-Cola.
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- Burlington Streets: Church St. (4X5)
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- 1943-06-25
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June 25, 1943. Trolley Rail Removal Project, Burlington Street Department, Burlington, Vermont. This photo was "reshot" and is similar to another also showing the rail removal process in front of City Hall and Police Station with the paving crew following close behind the rail removing crew...
Show moreJune 25, 1943. Trolley Rail Removal Project, Burlington Street Department, Burlington, Vermont. This photo was "reshot" and is similar to another also showing the rail removal process in front of City Hall and Police Station with the paving crew following close behind the rail removing crew filling the trench with quick-setting cement concrete. Retail stores include Hayes and Carney Mens Clothes on the right next to the Western Union office. Distant right is City Hall. Further down is the mansard roof building that once served as a place of worship for the First Baptist Church from 1845-1864.
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- Burlington Streets: Church St. (4X5)
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Winter view of Church Street looking south. Men with snow shovels, a horse drawn vehicle and automobiles can be seen.
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- Burlington Streets: Church Street
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Salvage Project. Trolley track Rail Removal Project, Burlington, Vermont. This view taken in front of Burlington City Hall (right) while the last rail was being pulled on June 25, 1943, shows the special rail pulling equipment including the device for the "rolling pull" on the rail shown at the...
Show moreSalvage Project. Trolley track Rail Removal Project, Burlington, Vermont. This view taken in front of Burlington City Hall (right) while the last rail was being pulled on June 25, 1943, shows the special rail pulling equipment including the device for the "rolling pull" on the rail shown at the end of the "A" frame. In the background beyond city hall is a mansard roof building (corner of Church and Main) used for worship by the First Baptist Church of Burlington from 1845-1864.
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- Burlington Streets: Church Street
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December 3, 1936 View of lower Church Street after snow had been removed after 13 inch storm of night before. Looking north up Church from Main Street. The Unitarian Church is in distance, center background. Burlington City Hall is left foreground. Fire Station left next to City Hall. Cars line...
Show moreDecember 3, 1936 View of lower Church Street after snow had been removed after 13 inch storm of night before. Looking north up Church from Main Street. The Unitarian Church is in distance, center background. Burlington City Hall is left foreground. Fire Station left next to City Hall. Cars line both sides of the street.
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- Burlington Streets: Church Street
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View of upper Church Street with street cleaning vehicle spraying water. On the left is the Masonic Temple building, on the right Abernethy Clarkson Wright building. The Unitarian Church center background. Indentations of trolley tracts still seen running down the middle of the road.
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- Burlington Streets: Church Street
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View from lower Church Street looking north to the Unitarian Church at the head of the street. Photo taken after a major winter snowstorm. Trolley tracks have been cleared and run down the middle of the road (not used after 1929). Possible date 1920s.
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- Burlington Streets: Cliff Street
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View of completed paved Cliff Street looking up the hill. No sidewalks are on either side of the street. McAllister studio name embossed in lower right. No date but may be 1938.
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- Burlington Streets: Cliff Street
- Date Created
- 1938-08-10
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An operator drives one of the City of Burlington Asphalt Distributor vehicles during the paving construction of Cliff Street at the intersection with Summit(?) Street sign post seen to the right. View is from the top of the street looking down the hill. McAllister studio name embossed in lower...
Show moreAn operator drives one of the City of Burlington Asphalt Distributor vehicles during the paving construction of Cliff Street at the intersection with Summit(?) Street sign post seen to the right. View is from the top of the street looking down the hill. McAllister studio name embossed in lower right above date. Aug. 10, 1938.
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- Burlington Streets: Cliff Street
- Date Created
- 1938-02-26
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Construction of Cliff Street looking up the hill. Workers stand in a wide trench. Scattered rocks in the foreground. Date on photo Feb. 26, 1938.
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- Burlington Streets: Cliff Street
- Date Created
- 1938-07-27
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Construction of Cliff Street in Burlington. Date on photo is July 27, 1938.
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- Burlington Streets: Cliff Street
- Date Created
- 1938-02-26
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Construction crew on Cliff Street as the men work in a wide trench dealing with the rocks. Truck seen center. View looking up the hill probably from So. Willard. Date Feb. 26, 1938.
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- Burlington Streets: Cliff Street
- Date Created
- 1938-02-26
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Construction crew digging on Cliff Street in Burlington in this Feb. 26, 1938 photo.
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- Burlington Streets: Cliff Street
- Date Created
- 1938-07-27
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July 27, 1938. Construction of Cliff Street in Burlington. The construction crew has prepared the road bed with crushed stone. Wooden stakes mark the center. View is looking up the hill. McAllister studio name embossed.
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- Burlington Streets: Cliff Street
- Date Created
- 1938
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1938 construction of Cliff Street in Burlington. The road surface has been covered with crushed stone and leveled. View is looking down the hill. McAllister studio name embossed.
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- Burlington Streets: Cliff Street
- Date Created
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View of the completed paved Cliff Street in Burlington looking down the hill (possibly from the Summit Street intersection). Photo not dated but may be from 1938.