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). 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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Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Published: November 19, 2007, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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- Williston (Vt.) [11]
- Mansfield, Mount (Vt.) [1]
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- black-and-white photographs [11]
- photographs [11]
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- Sand and gravel mines and mining [11]
- Buildings [7]
- Landscape photography [5]
- Employees [2]
- Architectural photography [1]
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Title: Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
February 16, 1935 Photo #2 Washing and screening of sand at the Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant in Williston
Title: Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
February 16, 1935 Photo #1 Burlington Sand and Gravel washing and screening plant in Williston
Title: Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 7, 1935. Photo #1 This view shows the reforestation project of the Street Department and our Sand and Gravel Plant in the Town of Williston. This plant includes an area of forty-eight acres with 45,000 spruces and pines set out in June 1933. The Gravel Bin can be seen in the background as well as Mt. Mansfield in the far background. This area is the period of thirty or forty years will be of tremendous value to the city of Burlington through its growth of pine and spruce.
Title: Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo but may be circa 1935. Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant in Williston. Also seen in the background is the Gravel Bin.
Title: Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 27, 1938. View from the Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant in Williston showing chutes, workers, and smokestack in the distance
Title: Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant structures in Williston Undated but may be the 1930s
Title: Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant structures in Williston Undated but may be 1930s Shows the Gravel Bin
Title: Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant workers, tipcarts and gravel bin. Undated but may be 1930s.
Title: Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Washing and screening plant at the Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant in Williston in this undated photo (may be 1930s)
Title: Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Structures at the Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant in winter
Title: Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant (4X5)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Structures and the Burlington Sand and Gravel Plant in Williston
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