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.) [109]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [16]
- Champlain, Lake [3]
Format(s)
- image [228]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [219]
- photographs [219]
Topic(s)
- Machinery [228]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [60]
- Buildings [54]
- Business [51]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [35]
- Farms [9]
- Champlain Transportation Company [8]
- Construction workers [8]
- Dairying Equipment and supplies [7]
- J.K. Kidder Mfg. Co., Inc [7]
- Manufacturing and Tool Corp. [7]
- Architectural photography [6]
- Ferries [6]
- Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc [5]
- Service stations [5]
- Street photography [5]
- Boats and boating [4]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [4]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
- Classrooms [4]
- Landscape photography [4]
- Portrait photography [4]
- Railroad tracks [4]
- Railroad trains [4]
- Horses [3]
- Tractors Equipment and supplies [3]
- Automobiles [2]
- Boys [2]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Creameries [2]
- Gas ovens [2]
- Offices [2]
- Stoves [2]
- Women [2]
- Auditoriums [1]
- Billboards [1]
- Bridges [1]
- City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Dwellings [1]
- House furnishings [1]
- Infants [1]
- Trucks [1]
- Young women [1]
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Topic: ("Machinery")
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 refurbished interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall. Ceiling and floor have been redone. Two smaller old style ceiling light bulb fixtures have been removed.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 or 1948 interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 interior view of an open bay area of an auto repair workshop with some machines along the far wall.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947/1949 photo of a product on a fork lift packed for shipment at the Blodgett Oven Company located at 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. A view of the manufacturing plant seen in the background.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947/1949 An employee of the G. S. Blodgett Co. works on an industrial oven on the assembly line at the manufacturing plant located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. Workshop machinery seen in the background.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947/1949 View of the assembly line at the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens as employees work on assembling the body of the stove. Located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947/1949 An employee of the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens is seen working with a hose on one of the double deck ovens. Located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. Photo #4.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947/1949 Employees of the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens are seen welding parts of the oven body on the assembly line. Located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947/1949 An employee of the G. S. Blodgett Co., manufacturer of industrial ovens, is seen working on the body of an oven on the assembly line. Located on Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947/1949 Employees weld parts of an industrial oven being manufactured on the assembly line at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947/1949 Employees assemble parts of an industrial oven being manufactured on the assembly line at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947/1949 Photo of employees working at plant machinery at the Blodgett oven company located at 50 Lakeside Ave, Burlington, Vt. A view of the manufacturing plant seen in the background.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 Photo of oven hardware used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 Photo of oven parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 Photo of oven hardware used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 Photo of oven parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 Photo of oven hardware used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 Photo of oven parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 Photo of oven hardware used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 Photo of oven parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 Photo of oven hardware used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 Photo of oven parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Oven Parts
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1948/1949 Photo of oven control device with name Robert Shaw and temperature range of 250 to 600; parts used in manufacturing at the G. S. Blodgett Co., Inc, Lakeside Ave., Burlington, Vermont.
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