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 Dump
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August 3, 1944. This view taken from a point on North Ave. over the tunnel shows the panoramic of the entire Cat's Island Area including the dumping area, the Salvage Depot and tool shack and the road leading up the grade to the intersection of North Bend and St. Louis Streets. Note the Central...
Show moreAugust 3, 1944. This view taken from a point on North Ave. over the tunnel shows the panoramic of the entire Cat's Island Area including the dumping area, the Salvage Depot and tool shack and the road leading up the grade to the intersection of North Bend and St. Louis Streets. Note the Central Vermont Railroad tracks to the left and the power line leading to the substation of the City Electric Light Plant.
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- Burlington Dump
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May 23, 1942. This view is taken from the foot of the grade near the entrance to Cat's Island where the roadway changes from a cut to a fill or embankment leading across a small ravine on the Cat's Island.
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- Burlington Lakefront
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December 20, 1932. Photo caption "Outfall end of new trunk line sewer; old sewer shown on extreme right." The date 1932 clearly seen on the upper portion. On the right edge of the photo is seen an old out of service trolley car.
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- Burlington Streets: North Ave
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Undated photograph taken behind Saiger's Store (Colodny's) at 87-95 North Avenue looking easterly over a refuse strewn bank towards the parking lot and the Shell gas station at the intersection of North Street and North Avenue beyond. See also mcalA16F12i30
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- Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
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May 23, 1942. This view shows the intersection of St. Louis Street and North Bend Street as excavation on the road to the proposed City Dump on the Intervale was being started Saturday morning May 23, 1942. The view is looking up an easterly direction along North Bend St. Note the location of the...
Show moreMay 23, 1942. This view shows the intersection of St. Louis Street and North Bend Street as excavation on the road to the proposed City Dump on the Intervale was being started Saturday morning May 23, 1942. The view is looking up an easterly direction along North Bend St. Note the location of the pole line and the large Elm tree in the approximate center line of the right-of-way.
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- Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
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This view shows the intersection of St. Louis Street and North Bend Street as excavation on the road to the proposed City Dump on the Intervale was being started Saturday morning May 23, 1942.
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- Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
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May 23, 1942. This view shows the intersection of St. Louis Street and North Bend Street as excavation on the road to the proposed City Dump on the Intervale was being started Saturday morning May 23. This view is looking in a westerly direction along North Bend Road.
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- Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
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May 23, 1942. This view is taken from a point just westerly of the intersection of St. Louis St and North Bend St. on a line with the southerly shoulder of the proposed roadway to the City Dump looking in an easterly direction.
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- Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
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This view shows the entrance, to the proposed City Dump on the Intervale where it starts at the intersection of St. Louis Street and North Bend Street just as work was being started Saturday morning, May 23, 1942.