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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- Burlington (Vt.) [8]
- Champlain, Lake [1]
- Essex Junction (Vt.) [1]
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- image [11]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [10]
- photographs [10]
Topic(s)
- Buildings [11]
- Railroad tracks [11]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [6]
- Architectural photography [2]
- Automobiles [2]
- Interior architecture [1]
- Men [1]
- Railroad trains [1]
- St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Waste disposal sites [1]
- Women [1]
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Title: Burlington Dump
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1942; 1944; 1942; 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
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 Vermont Railroad tracks to the left and the power line leading to the substation of the City Electric Light Plant.
Title: Burlington Lakefront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1932; 1934, undated; 1932; 1934, undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the Burlington lake front looking out over a brick building with smokestack toward the breakwater where a boat is approaching. Railroad cars and tracks are also pictured.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 20, 1934. P.W.A. PROJECT No. 2215 A view of the Central Plant showing the west and south elevations and looking easterly.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings (Pine Street)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Central Plant building of the Burlington Street Department
Title: Portraits - Unidentified Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
1945 photo of a group of men and women ready to board a train. Most passengers have tags attached to their clothing. Train station very likely in Essex Junction, Vt. A few cars are parked on the left. A Western Union sign can be seen in the distance, left.
Title: Vermont Structural Steel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Building near the railroad tracks. 1951.
Title: Vermont Structural Steel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of a vertically sided industrial building near railroad tracks. 1951.
Title: Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of a large warehouse near the train tracks at the Vermont Structural Steel Flynn Ave. location. St. Anthony's Church can be seen in the distance.
Title: Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 1951 photo of the interior of a Vermont Structural Steel building that covers a railroad track. Although blurry in some areas, an interesting study of perspective and light.
Title: Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1951 photo of perhaps a loading dock at Vt. Structural Steel, or another venue with a railroad track protected by a steel-framed structure.
Title: Vermont Structural Steel Co. - Buildings' Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ca. 1951 photo of railroad tracks under a steel-frame building, presumably a loading dock at Vt. Structural Steel.
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