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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- Tank trucks [6]
- Buildings [1]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [1]
- Business [1]
- Construction projects [1]
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Topic: ("Tank trucks")
Title: Business Enterprises - A-B
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935/1936 photo of E.S. Adsit Coal Co. tank truck at central plant in Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Business Enterprises - I-Z
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1929-1960
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fuel tank truck near fuel storage tanks. Sign on truck's door reads "Queen City Transports, Burlington, Vt"
Title: Business Enterprises - I-Z
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1929-1960
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fuel tank truck near fuel storage tanks. Sign on truck's door reads, "Queen City Transports, Burlington, Vt"
Title: Oil Storage Tanks
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of a Queen City Transports tanker truck taken in front of oil storage tanks.
Title: Oil Storage Tanks
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a fuel tank truck near fuel storage tanks. Sign on the door of the truck reads, "Queen City Transports, Burlington, Vt"
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931-05-18
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 18, 1931. Men operate large tank truck as it sprays material on the road surface.
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