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 Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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April 27, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view showing the steel framework of the Street Dept. Central Plant looking easterly.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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April 20, 1934. Street Department Central Plant building project Docket no. 2215 (Works Projects Administration)
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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March 1, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the foundations of street dept. central plant looking westerly from Pine Street.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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April 27, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Building Project Docket #2215 Picture showing the northern and western elevation taken at the time that the brickwork was nearing completion.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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May 25, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 The northern elevation of the Street Dept. Central Plant taken during the pouring of the concrete floors.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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April 20, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket #2215 Street Dept. Central Plant Building. A view, looking southerly, of the Central Plant taken at the time steel was being erected.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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April 20, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A picture taken while bricklaying was in progress at the Street Dept. Central Plant. View is looking westerly. Photo #31.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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June 4, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215 A picture taken during the street dept. central plant building construction of roof covering which was under the Johns-Manville Co. supervision and protected by their guarantee.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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April 13, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the southern elevation of the Central Plant taken while Bricklaying was in progress.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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June 4, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215 A view showing the roofing construction during one of its various stages on the Street Dept. Central Plant Building.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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March 1, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215 A view looking easterly during the pouring of the foundation walls of the Street Dept. Central Plant Building on section near Pine St.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
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1930s or 1940s photograph of a sewer maintenance truck and work crew of the Burlington Street Dept.
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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 from intersection of Center Street and Bank. Buildings seen are 191-195 Bank and 207 Bank. Date may be 1920s?
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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: 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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- 1943-06-25
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June 25, 1943. Trolley track rail removal project. Church Street retail stores seen to the right include Hayes and Carney Men's Clothes, Western Union office, City Hall (distant right), mansard roof building (center) on Main Street that once served as place of worship for First Baptist Church...
Show moreJune 25, 1943. Trolley track rail removal project. Church Street retail stores seen to the right include Hayes and Carney Men's Clothes, Western Union office, City Hall (distant right), mansard roof building (center) on Main Street that once served as place of worship for First Baptist Church from the 1840s to 1864.
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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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Salvage Project Photo dates June 25, 1943 Trolley Track Rail Removal Project, Burlington, Vermont. This view shows Church Street in front of the Police Station showing the rail puller pulling the rail in front of the City Hall while the trench is being cleaned ready for replacing the concrete in...
Show moreSalvage Project Photo dates June 25, 1943 Trolley Track Rail Removal Project, Burlington, Vermont. This view shows Church Street in front of the Police Station showing the rail puller pulling the rail in front of the City Hall while the trench is being cleaned ready for replacing the concrete in front of the Police Station entrance and the concrete being replaced in the foreground. The concrete was mixed at the Municipal Asphalt Plant with the Asphalt Pub-mill mixer and hauled to the job in trucks where it was shoveled into the trenches as seen in the picture. View looks south toward Main Street. Signs for retail stores seen on the left include those for Grover's Radio Shop, a bakery and Howe's Market. Name of McAllister's studio embossed in lower right.
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- Burlington Streets: Church Street
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Rail Removal Project, Burlington, Vt. Date on photo June 25, 1943. This view shows the process of removing the trolley car tracks on Church Street where they were embedded in reinforced concrete. An auxiliary air tank was used to supply additional compressed air for operating the paving breakers...
Show moreRail Removal Project, Burlington, Vt. Date on photo June 25, 1943. This view shows the process of removing the trolley car tracks on Church Street where they were embedded in reinforced concrete. An auxiliary air tank was used to supply additional compressed air for operating the paving breakers in loosening the cement around the rails. This picture was taken on the last day of this project. Construction workers seen. To the left is Burlington City Hall; just beyond is the Fire Station. On the right are retail stores that include Ellsworth jewelry, Star Restaurant American and Chinese (144 Church St.)
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