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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Topic: ("Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.)")
Title: Burlington City Hall
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927; 1937; undated; 1927; 1937; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Beginning construction of Burlington City Hall, construction workers, and other Burlington buildings
Title: Burlington City Hall
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927; 1937, undated; 1927; 1937, undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 2, 1927. Construction of Burlington City Hall
Title: Burlington City Hall
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927; 1937, undated; 1927; 1937, undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 2, 1927. Construction of Burlington City Hall, fire station tower visible. Sign for James E. Cashman, General contractor clearly seen at the corner of the building.
Title: Burlington City Hall
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927; 1937, undated; 1927; 1937, undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 1, 1927. Construction of Burlington City Hall showing scaffolding for cupola and partial view of the fire station. James E. Cashman, General contractor.
Title: Burlington City Hall
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927; 1937, undated; 1927; 1937, undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 2, 1927. Nearly complete construction of Burlington City Hall, scaffolding removed except around cupola, fire station in background. James E. Cashman, General contractor.
Title: Burlington Streets: Church Street
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1936; 1943, undated; 1936; 1943, undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Salvage Project. Trolley track Rail Removal Project, Burlington, Vermont. This view taken in front of Burlington City Hall (right) while the last rail was being pulled on June 25, 1943, shows the special rail pulling equipment including the device for the "rolling pull" on the rail shown at the end of the "A" frame. In the background beyond city hall is a mansard roof building (corner of Church and Main) used for worship by the First Baptist Church of Burlington from 1845-1864.
Title: Burlington Streets: College Street
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated view of St Paul Street at the intersection of College Street. Construction workers lay asphalt resurfacing the street. Steam roller seen to the right. Also to the right is City Hall Park. Howard Bank building behind the workers at the intersection. Also seen on College St. is T.S. Peck Insurance Agency, E S Adsit Coal Co.
Title: Street Repair
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated (but may be 1940s) photo of Salvage Project. Trolley Track Rail Removal Project in front of Burlington City Hall on Church Street.
Title: Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel arch structure. Workmen and airplanes seen. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington. Photo #7.
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