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: Manhattan Drive
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Undated photograph of Manhattan Drive, possibly taken at the intersection with Spring Street, looking eastward.
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- Burlington Streets: Manhattan Drive
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Undated photograph of a road grating project on Manhattan Drive.
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- Burlington Streets: Manhattan Drive
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Undated photo but may be 1938 view of road construction along Manhattan Drive. A tanker truck with sign reads "Hot Asphalt, Standard Oil Co of N Y." A crew member of the Burlington Street Dept stands at the back of the truck.
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- Burlington Streets: Manhattan Drive
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Undated photograph of a road grating project on Manhattan Drive
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- Burlington Streets: Manhattan Drive
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Photograph dated Dec. 7, 1938 of a work crew paving Manhattan Drive.
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- Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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Photograph dated June 30, 1942. Original captions reads: Marble Ave. Street Improvement Construction - pavement construction - looking westerly from Hayward St. This view shows stone base ready to receive asphalt penetration. This base is approximately 2 inches in depth over an 8 inch telfold...
Show morePhotograph dated June 30, 1942. Original captions reads: Marble Ave. Street Improvement Construction - pavement construction - looking westerly from Hayward St. This view shows stone base ready to receive asphalt penetration. This base is approximately 2 inches in depth over an 8 inch telfold stone base placed on a 6 inch sand cushion. A new 24 inch sewer main was constructed on this block during the latter part of the year 1941.
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- Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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Photograph dated Nov. 5, 1941. Original caption reads: This view taken from the intersection of Pine Street looking easterly shows a section of the sewer which has been completed from the manhole in the foreground to the trench hoe. Note the heavy clay soil being excavated also the old twelve...
Show morePhotograph dated Nov. 5, 1941. Original caption reads: This view taken from the intersection of Pine Street looking easterly shows a section of the sewer which has been completed from the manhole in the foreground to the trench hoe. Note the heavy clay soil being excavated also the old twelve inch sewer tile black of the curb which was removed and replaced with new twenty-four inch terra-cotta clay pipe. Some of the new pipe can be seen opposite the trencher. Considerable difficulties were encountered in digging this trench for the large size tile because of the presence of a gas main which paralleled the sewer and in some cases came in the same area as the new ditch and only three to four feet under surface. The fact that a considerable volume of sewerage, also household sewer connections had to be taken care of during the process of reconstruction made this job very difficult.
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- Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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Undated photograph of a work crew working on the stone base of the Maple Street paving project
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- Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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Photograph dated Feb. 26, 1938 showing a work crew working on the Maple Street paving project near the intersection with South Prospect Street.
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- Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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Undated photograph of Maple Street showing its unpaved surface.
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- Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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Photograph dated July 12, 1933 showing the road surface of Maple Street before paving. The photo was taken near the intersection of Pine Street and Maple Street looking westerly down Maple Street towards Lake Champlain. The breakwater can be seen in the distance.
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- Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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Photograph dated May 23, 1938 of a work crew putting down asphalt on a section of upper Maple Street.
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- Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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Photograph dated Feb. 26, 1938 showing a work crew working on the Maple Street paving project. Temporary structures used by the crew can be seen to the right.
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- Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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Photograph dated June 30, 1942. Original captions reads: Marble Ave. Street Improvement Construction - pavement construction - looking westerly from Hayward St. This view shows stone base ready to receive asphalt penetration. This base is approximately 2 inches in depth over an 8 inch telfold...
Show morePhotograph dated June 30, 1942. Original captions reads: Marble Ave. Street Improvement Construction - pavement construction - looking westerly from Hayward St. This view shows stone base ready to receive asphalt penetration. This base is approximately 2 inches in depth over an 8 inch telfold stone base placed on a 6 inch sand cushion. A new 24 inch sewer main was constructed on this block during the latter part of the year 1941.
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- Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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Photograph dated July 12, 1933 taken at a track crossing on Maple Street near Battery Street. The photograph is looking easterly up Maple Street past the Burlington Coal & Ice Co. (50 Maple Street) and, across the street, Burlington Grocery CO. (49 Battery Street).
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- Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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Undated photograph taken at the intersection of Pine and Maple Street showing the apartment building on the northwest corner of the intersection.
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- Burlington Streets: Mill St.
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Photograph dated Nov. 1, 1941. Looking westerly, the bridge crossing the Winooski River can be seen. Original caption reads: Mill Street, Burlington, Vermont showing completed job. American Bitumuls Stabilizer being used for 4 1/2" stabilized base on which a 2" penetration armour coat has been...
Show morePhotograph dated Nov. 1, 1941. Looking westerly, the bridge crossing the Winooski River can be seen. Original caption reads: Mill Street, Burlington, Vermont showing completed job. American Bitumuls Stabilizer being used for 4 1/2" stabilized base on which a 2" penetration armour coat has been constructed. The sidewalk at the right was constructed with soft coal cinders and stabilized with Bitumuls Stabalizer.
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- Burlington Streets: Morse Place
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Original caption reads: W.P.A. Highway Construction. A view looking east along Morse Place showing the road bed already prepared and a portion of the telford base in place. This photograph was taken from a point east of the intersection of Pine Street and Morse Place.
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- Burlington Streets: Morse Place
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Photograph taken Dec. 9, 1942. Original caption reads: This view shows lower Pine Street looking south from the intersection of Morse Place after the underground work including gas main, water main and sewer main had been completed and excavation for telford stone base was being dine. A...
Show morePhotograph taken Dec. 9, 1942. Original caption reads: This view shows lower Pine Street looking south from the intersection of Morse Place after the underground work including gas main, water main and sewer main had been completed and excavation for telford stone base was being dine. A considerable amount of boulders and rock excavation was necessary in widening and relocating the limits of the street.
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- Burlington Streets: Morse Place
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Photograph dated Mar. 1, 1934. Original caption reads: P.W.A. SEWER PROJECT NO. 2353. A section of Morse Place Sewer near Pine Street. This section is all heavy clay soil with some boulders and was done under sub-zero weather conditions resulting in a much decreased efficiency.