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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Title: Burlington Streets: Lakeside Ave
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 12-11; 1945; 12-11
December 11, 1945. City of Burlington, Vermont, Street Department Lakeside Ave. Pavement Base Construction This view was taken from a point near the intersection of Central Ave. looking easterly toward the underpass. Note that the temporary wearing surface had been constructed for the base after the work of mixing and stabilizing the base had been completed as shown in the picture under date of Dec. 5, 1945. This stage of construction was done to enable the street to be used during the winter and early spring without experiencing the troubles of early spring break-up of the old dirt and cinder street. The pavement will be completed in the summer of 1946. Note the crushed stone base placed in the driveway after regrading to meet new grades. To the left in background is the Blodgett Co.
Title: Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
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.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The Randall Inn, 98 College St., Burlington, Vermont. Listed in the 1927 City Directory with names Mrs. Margaret and Walter M. Randall with small picture of the house; in the 1931 City Directory as having "tourists' accommodations, large outside rooms, garage, all rooms newly refurnished and with continuous hot and cold water also rooms with private bath, permanent guests desired through the winter." Chauncey W. Smith, manager. Larger photo appears in the the 1935 City Directory. No longer exists.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
47 No. Winooski Ave. Sign on the porch reads McAllister. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as living and having his photo business at this address from 1916 to 1962.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
47 No. Winooski Ave. Sign on the porch reads McAllister. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as living and having his photo business at this address from 1916 to 1962.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
47 No. Winooski Ave. Sign on the porch reads McAllister. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as having his photo business here and living at this address from 1916 to 1962.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
47 No. Winooski Ave. Sign on the porch reads McAllister. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as living and having his photo business at this address from 1916 to 1962.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Icicles hang from upper story of 47 No. Winooski Ave. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as living and having his photo business at this address from 1916 to 1962.
Title: Vergennes Inn
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Clarks Hardware and the Vergennes Inn, at the corner of Main and Green Street in Vergennes. The site of a tavern in the late 18th c., this property was purchased by the Stevens family in 1793 and was eventually known as the Stevens House and Stevens House Hotel. Photo dated 1945.
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