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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March 9, 1932. Several men of a crew work beneath an overpass or bridge. Heavy tree trunks support timbers.
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February 2, 1933. View from above looking down on a sewer project site with men working on a wooden platform above a rebar structure. One man in the center of the photo in an overcoat over sees the work being done.
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April 25, 1932. A Rutland Railroad steam engine with coal tender span a construction area of a sewer project near the water front in Burlington.
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February 23, 1940. This view shows a section of the North End Sewer in front of the Arthur residence just north of Thayer School. The depth of the sewer at this point is approximately sixteen feet. The Austin excavator is being used loading the excavated materials into trucks and dumping it form...
Show moreFebruary 23, 1940. This view shows a section of the North End Sewer in front of the Arthur residence just north of Thayer School. The depth of the sewer at this point is approximately sixteen feet. The Austin excavator is being used loading the excavated materials into trucks and dumping it form back filling as fast as the sheeting is pulled with the universal power crane. A No. 160 Ingersol-Rand Air Compressor is being used for breaking through the frost in advance of the trencher and for driving the wood sheeting.
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Two members of a crew work in a wide water filled canal supported by wooden plank walls at a sewer project site. A high stone wall is seen in the background.
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April 25, 1932. View of a rebar structure that is part of a major sewer project down near the railroad tracks in Burlington. Rutland Railroad cars seen in the background.
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May 8, 1939. Sewer construction crew members work in and above a long narrow trench at a sewer project site.
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May 9, 1938. View of a long narrow trench at a sewer project site. Trees have been cut down as seen on the left and long pipes are laying on the ground. Large piles of dirt and rock seen to the right. A wooden shack is seen at the top of the hill. Is this Cliff Street in Burlington? See also...
Show moreMay 9, 1938. View of a long narrow trench at a sewer project site. Trees have been cut down as seen on the left and long pipes are laying on the ground. Large piles of dirt and rock seen to the right. A wooden shack is seen at the top of the hill. Is this Cliff Street in Burlington? See also mcalA16F13i18
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View of a large dug out area with a crew member using a hose to blast water at an embankment as part of a sewer project in Burlington.
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February 2, 1933. Crew members work in dug out area with high dirt embankments surrounding them on three sides at this sewer project site. A chute can be seen at the top of the photo in which the men help manipulate material.
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November 24, 1939. A dump truck deposits its load at a sewer project site as crew members work nearby. Other trucks and machinery seen.
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August 11, 1932. A major street construction sewer project is underway. A huge trench has been dug and workmen, cross beam timbers and large pipes can be seen.
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February 19, 1932. Members of a crew dig with pick axes at a sewer project site near the Burlington Lake Champlain water front.
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November 21, 1940. North End Sewer project. This view shows the construction of the Bradley Road section of the North End Sewer. The Austin Excavator is being employed to excavate all materials and deliver with side delivery elevator into trucks where it is transported back and dumped into the...
Show moreNovember 21, 1940. North End Sewer project. This view shows the construction of the Bradley Road section of the North End Sewer. The Austin Excavator is being employed to excavate all materials and deliver with side delivery elevator into trucks where it is transported back and dumped into the ditch for refilling. This view shows the evidence of boulders and ledge encountered in the excavation. Note the absence of sheeting on this project regardless of the depth of the trench which at this point was approximately twelve feet. The top layer of approximately six feet being sand and loam was broken down from the shoulders with the aid of compressed air tools at a slope which did not endanger the men laying the tile. The bottom six or seven feet of excavation was in solid blue clay. Note the straight sides in the bottom of the trench indicating the stability of this material. Very little water was encountered at this point.
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August 11, 1932. View of a huge sewer pipe made with clay or concrete sewer tiles positioned in a trench as crew members work in the distance.
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October 7, 1946. Members of a crew work in a large trench at a sewer project site. The home of a resident is seen to the left.
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Three men work in what looks like a cellar of a building. There is a stone foundation behind the men and painted wooden panels along with large mounds of dirt and exposed metal bars in the ground (rebar?) Overhead floor jousts and metal pipes.
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April 1932. View of the large amount of rebar used in a sewer project in Burlington. Two men stand within the structure. One man is clearly a crew member while the other who wears a suit and tie may be a supervisor.
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Three members of a crew operate jack hammers in a water filled trench at a sewer project site.
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May 8, 1939. Sewer construction project underway with the use of a crane in front of the Pine Glen Tavern restaurant at 1310 North Avenue, Burlington (near where Gosse Court is currently). Walter E. Gosse, proprietor.