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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October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel arches and workmen. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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Interior view of Vermont Structural Steel building filled with machinery and supplies. Employees work with huge beams and steel plates. 1951.
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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1951 Interior view of the Vermont Structural Steel plant on 207 Flynn Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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1951 photo of a grandstand for seating at an urban park. See mcalA14F12i02 for another stand at South Park, Burlington.
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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Two male employees working with large machinery at the Vermont Structural Steel plant on Flynn Ave in Burlington, Vermont. Dated 1951.
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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1951 interior view of a building at Vermont Structural Steel with overhead machinery, a ground track system seen at the right and a metal ladder to the left. Photo No. 29.
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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Interior view of a building at Vermont Structural Steel with overhead machinery and a rail track seen to the left. Photo No. 28.
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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Interior view of Vermont Structural Steel building filled with machinery and supplies. 1951.
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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Interior view of Vermont Structural Steel building with a focus on a metal structure near the ceiling. 1951.
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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Interior view of Vermont Structural Steel building filled with machinery and supplies. 1951.
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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Interior view of Vermont Structural Steel building filled with machinery and supplies. 1951?
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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1951 Interior view of the Vermont Structural Steel plant on 207 Flynn Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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1951 interior view of Vermont Structural Steel building with a focus on a metal structure near the ceiling. Photo #27.
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- Vermont Structural Steel
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1951 Interior view of the Vermont Structural Steel plant on 207 Flynn Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
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1947 photo of the steel frame of an uncovered structure (perhaps at the Vermont Structural Steel plant). Some automobiles are parked on the left.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
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1947 photo of the physical plant at Vermont Structural Steel, with track conveyors and pulleys for moving girders and other steel products. The sign for another business, Canada Dry Bottling Co., can be seen in the distance (although no such business is listed in the Burlington City directory of...
Show more1947 photo of the physical plant at Vermont Structural Steel, with track conveyors and pulleys for moving girders and other steel products. The sign for another business, Canada Dry Bottling Co., can be seen in the distance (although no such business is listed in the Burlington City directory of 1946 or '48).
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
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1947 photo of a large shed made with corrugated metal and displaying four large doors. A loading dock is in the rear of the building, plus other steel structures.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
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1947 photo of a large warehouse owned by Vt. Structural Steel. It is mud season.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
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1947 photo of Vermont Structural Steel Co. building with tractor trailer loaded with steel beam and parked along railroad tracks.
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- Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
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1947 photo of a large warehouse near the train tracks at the Vermont Structural Steel Flynn Ave. location. St. Anthony's Church can be seen in the distance.