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: Main Street (Lower)
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View of lower Main Street (may be late 1920s) looking east up the hill. Both trolley tracks and overhead cable wires can still be seen. Dwellings and businesses can be seen including a gas station in the right foreground.
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- Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
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October 19, 1938. Intersection of No. Champlain and North Bend Street. Homes are seen on each side of the street. North Bend was later renamed Manhattan Drive.
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- Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
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October 19, 1938. City street dept crew work on resurfacing the road.
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- Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
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August 15, 1939 PWA Project No. Vt. 1097-F This view shows the completed pavement at the intersection of North Bend Street and Ward Street. The old road bed was scarified, reshaped and treated with stabilizing emulsion late in the fall of 1938 and a base course of asphalt penetration was...
Show moreAugust 15, 1939 PWA Project No. Vt. 1097-F This view shows the completed pavement at the intersection of North Bend Street and Ward Street. The old road bed was scarified, reshaped and treated with stabilizing emulsion late in the fall of 1938 and a base course of asphalt penetration was constructed with one application of 85-100 penetration asphalt binder. A wearing surface of two inches of Plant-Max asphalt using tempering fluid was constructed during the early summer of 1939.
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- Burlington Streets: North Street
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August 26, 1930. City street dept resurfacing project covering over the now unused trolley streetcar tracks. View of North St and Park St open to traffic 3PM. A Burlington Rapid Transit bus seen at center. Behind is 78 North Street, that in 1930 was a barber shop run by Thomas M. Khoury.
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- Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
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Undated view of Pearl Street. May be 1930s as no trolley tracks are seen. Homes and elm trees line both sides of the street.
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- Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
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Undated but may be late 1920s or early 1930s near the intersection of Pearl Street and Elmwood Ave. looking north along Elmwood. City street dept crew repaves the road. To the right is the iron fence surrounding the green near the Unitarian Church located at the head of Church Street.
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- Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
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April 23, 1934 view of Pearl Street. Elm trees and dwellings line both sides of the road. A filling station is to the right. On the left cement steps are seen leading from the curb across the green belt (tree belt) to nearby homes. Automobiles are parked along the sides of the street as others...
Show moreApril 23, 1934 view of Pearl Street. Elm trees and dwellings line both sides of the road. A filling station is to the right. On the left cement steps are seen leading from the curb across the green belt (tree belt) to nearby homes. Automobiles are parked along the sides of the street as others travel along it.
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- Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
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Undated but most likely late 1920s or early 1930s. No trolley tracks are seen on this view of Pearl Street looking west at the intersection of Pearl and Elmwood Ave. Detailed information on this photo can be seen on UVM's Historic Burlington Project, Burlington, Vermont, South of Pearl Street...
Show moreUndated but most likely late 1920s or early 1930s. No trolley tracks are seen on this view of Pearl Street looking west at the intersection of Pearl and Elmwood Ave. Detailed information on this photo can be seen on UVM's Historic Burlington Project, Burlington, Vermont, South of Pearl Street photographs from 1930s 1940s.
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- Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
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October 10, 1938. Intersection of So. Union (at the left), Pearl St (running left to right across the photo) and No. Union (on the right). The building to the left at the corner of Pearl and So Union is 233 Pearl St. Homes and American elm trees line the street. City street dept work at the...
Show moreOctober 10, 1938. Intersection of So. Union (at the left), Pearl St (running left to right across the photo) and No. Union (on the right). The building to the left at the corner of Pearl and So Union is 233 Pearl St. Homes and American elm trees line the street. City street dept work at the corner of Pearl and No. Union.
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- Burlington Streets: Pearl St.
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Undated but may be late 1920s or early 1930s looking south toward So. Union at the intersection of Pearl Street and South Union Street. To the right is 233 Pearl St. and to the left is 235 Pearl. City street dept. workmen do maintenance at the corner.
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- Burlington Streets: Pine St.
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Undated photo of the corner of North Willard Street and Pearl Street. Street sign post is seen. This house is number 328 and still stands at this location surrounded now by a white picket fence.
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- Burlington Streets: Pine St.
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November 20, 1928 dated photo of Pearl Street looking east up the hill from Willard Street showing the completed pavement 6" concrete base with 2" asphalt top. Trolley tracks run up the center of the street. To the extreme right of the photo is 327 Pearl Street built around 1815. See UVM's...
Show moreNovember 20, 1928 dated photo of Pearl Street looking east up the hill from Willard Street showing the completed pavement 6" concrete base with 2" asphalt top. Trolley tracks run up the center of the street. To the extreme right of the photo is 327 Pearl Street built around 1815. See UVM's Historic Burlington 1830 for more information.
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- Burlington Streets: Prospect Street (4X5's)
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November 14, 1931. View of So. Prospect Street looking north. On the right is Slade Hall, a Colonial/Georgian Revival styled dormitory built in 1928 for the University of Vermont. On the left from the foreground backward is 443 So. Prospect, No. 433 and then No. 429. One of many photos taken by...
Show moreNovember 14, 1931. View of So. Prospect Street looking north. On the right is Slade Hall, a Colonial/Georgian Revival styled dormitory built in 1928 for the University of Vermont. On the left from the foreground backward is 443 So. Prospect, No. 433 and then No. 429. One of many photos taken by McAllister for the Burlington Street Dept showing repaved street. More information on this photo can be found on the web site UVM Historic Burlington Project / South of Pearl Street photographs.
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- Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
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April 23, 1931. View of Riverside Ave during resurfacing of the street by the city street dept. Homes line both sides of the street. A lone road construction lantern (flare) rests by the rest of the road.
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- Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
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April 23, 1931 view of a portion of Riverside Ave during road construction by the Burlington Street Dept. Dwellings seen on both sides of the street.
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- Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
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1935/1936 view of Riverside Ave. at North Prospect Street showing the street and debris on the right side. Homes and businesses are seen including a Shell filling station. The photographer's shadow was also recorded as seen at the bottom of the photo.
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- Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
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Undated but may be 1929 or early 1930s after Riverside Ave was repaved with removal or covering up of old trolley tracks. A filling station is to the left and a sign for Sherwood Hotel is seen to the right of that. Houses line the ridge towering in the background.
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- Burlington Streets: Union St.
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Undated photo of So. Union Street showing the trolley tracks removed and the empty trenches where they once were. Dwellings line the street many with sloping lawns.
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- Burlington Streets: Union St.
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November 20, 1928. View is South Union looking north from Main Street showing the finished pavement of 2" black base with 2" asphalt top constructed on old telford base done by the Burlington Street Dept. Memorial Auditorium is to the left at the northwest corner of South Union and Main Streets....
Show moreNovember 20, 1928. View is South Union looking north from Main Street showing the finished pavement of 2" black base with 2" asphalt top constructed on old telford base done by the Burlington Street Dept. Memorial Auditorium is to the left at the northwest corner of South Union and Main Streets. On the same side of the street just to the north is the College Street Congregational Church. On the right are residences no longer in existence. See UVM's Historic Burlington Project, Burlington, Vermont, South of Pearl Street photographs from 1930s 1940s for more information.
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