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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May 11, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the western and northern elevation of the Street Dept. Central Plant.
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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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May 11, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the eastern and western elevations of the Street Dept. Central Plant taken from Pine St. looking westerly.
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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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May, 1934? P.W.A. (Public Works Administration)Project #2215 A picture showing the steel framework of the roof of the Central Plant.
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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 of the roof of the Street Dept. Central Plant during the application of roofing.
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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 Docket No.2215 A picture of the eastern and northern elevation of the Street Dept. Central Plant before staging was removed.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
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April, 27, 1934. Street Dept. Central Plant Building P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the eastern and western elevation of the Central Plant taken at the time the brickwork item was nearing completion.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Interiors
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P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 This view shows the open sheds with stables adjoining which serve as a storage place for tools and equipment.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Interiors
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July 20, 1934. P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 This view shows the south-east corner of building where the office is located. Seen here is a toilet stall with a wash basin on the outside of the stall.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Interiors
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July 20, 1934. P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 A view showing interior of stables on the east side.
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- Burlington Street Department Buildings - Interiors
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P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 This view of the boiler room and boiler which supplies the heating units for the various sections.
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- Burlington Streets: Bank St.
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Undated photograph of Bank Street looking westward past Center Street towards Church Street. Buildings seen here are 190-194 Bank (a four story brick building), 196 Bank (two story dwelling constructed between 1830 and 1853), 191-195 Bank (two story frame building) and 207 Bank (movie theater).
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- Burlington Streets: Barrett Street
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Photograph dated Aug. 4, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the condition of the Rosetti residence before remodeling and moving was started. Note the new integral curbing and gutter just constructed on the top of the old stone retaining wall about ten feet...
Show morePhotograph dated Aug. 4, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the condition of the Rosetti residence before remodeling and moving was started. Note the new integral curbing and gutter just constructed on the top of the old stone retaining wall about ten feet in front of the house; also the old wooden stairs necessary to descend in order to enter the ground floor of the house which is approximately ten feet below the surface of the street; also not condition of old chimney which was later rebuilt on the outside of the house.
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- Burlington Streets: Barrett Street
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Photograph dated Sept. 5, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the Rossetti residence in process of being raised and moved back out of the street area to the new reinforced concrete sub-foundation walls.
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- Burlington Streets: Barrett Street
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Photograph dated Oct. 17, 1941. Original caption reads: "Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the Rossetti residence [32 Barrett St.] after having been raised approximately ten feet and moved back off the street line approximately fifteen feet. The chimney being constructed was carried to...
Show morePhotograph dated Oct. 17, 1941. Original caption reads: "Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the Rossetti residence [32 Barrett St.] after having been raised approximately ten feet and moved back off the street line approximately fifteen feet. The chimney being constructed was carried to the sub-foundation footings to prevent settlement. Note the cement blocks used for the cellar walls on top of the concrete sub-cellar foundation walls; also note that the sills have been replaced and new clapboards and siding have been completed; also note that the filling has been carried to a point even with the front of the house which is approximately fifteen feet back of the street line; also note completion of sidewalk construction on new fill and approach to house.
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- Burlington Streets: Barrett Street
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Photograph dated Aug. 4, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the Rossetti residence before any reconstruction work was started with the exception of the placing of the forms and pouring the sub-footings for the northerly half of the reinforced concrete...
Show morePhotograph dated Aug. 4, 1941. Original caption reads: Barrett Street Improvements: This view shows the Rossetti residence before any reconstruction work was started with the exception of the placing of the forms and pouring the sub-footings for the northerly half of the reinforced concrete foundation walls.
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