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.) [33]
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- image [35]
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- black-and-white photographs [32]
- photographs [32]
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- Construction projects [35]
- United StatesPublic Works Administration. [35]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [25]
- Buildings [21]
- Architectural photography [17]
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Topic: ("United StatesPublic Works Administration.")
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 20, 1934. Street Department Central Plant building project Docket no. 2215 (Works Projects Administration)
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 13, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 View of northern and eastern elevation of Central Plant taken from Pine St. looking westerly.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 13, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the southern elevation of the Central Plant taken while Bricklaying was in progress.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 13, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the western and northern elevations of the Central Plant taken during construction.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 2, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the northern elevation of the Street Dept. Central Plant showing a section of the Steel framework.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 2, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the Steel framework of the Street Dept. Central Plant looking northerly.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 11, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the eastern and western elevations of the Street Dept. Central Plant taken from Pine St. looking westerly.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 11, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the western and northern elevation of the Street Dept. Central Plant.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 20, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A picture taken while bricklaying was in progress at the Street Dept. Central Plant. View is looking westerly. Photo #31.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 20, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket #2215 Street Dept. Central Plant Building. A view, looking southerly, of the Central Plant taken at the time steel was being erected.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 27, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view showing the steel framework of the Street Dept. Central Plant looking easterly.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April, 27, 1934. Street Dept. Central Plant Building P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the eastern and western elevation of the Central Plant taken at the time the brickwork item was nearing completion.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 27, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Building Project Docket #2215 Picture showing the northern and western elevation taken at the time that the brickwork was nearing completion.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May, 1934? P.W.A. (Public Works Administration)Project #2215 A picture showing the steel framework of the roof of the Central Plant.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 25, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No.2215 A picture of the eastern and northern elevation of the Street Dept. Central Plant before staging was removed.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 25, 1934. Street Dept. Central Plant Bldg. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view showing the northern and western elevation of the Central Plant taken after the completion of the brick work.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 25, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 The northern elevation of the Street Dept. Central Plant taken during the pouring of the concrete floors.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 1, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the foundations of street dept. central plant looking westerly from Pine Street.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 1, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket #2215 A view showing the pouring of the foundations of the fire wall between office and garages at the Street Dept. Central Plant Building.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 1, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215 A view looking easterly during the pouring of the foundation walls of the Street Dept. Central Plant Building on section near Pine St.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 4, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215. A view of the roof of the Street Dept. Central Plant during the application of roofing.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 4, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215 A view showing the roofing construction during one of its various stages on the Street Dept. Central Plant Building.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 4, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215 A picture taken during the street dept. central plant building construction of roof covering which was under the Johns-Manville Co. supervision and protected by their guarantee.
Title: Burlington Streets: North Ave
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-05-15
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph dated May 15, 1934. Original caption reads: P.W.A Project #2232 A view looking southerly in the North Ave Widening Project showing the completed 2" penetration course and the application of the 2" binder wearing course.
Title: Burlington Streets: North Ave
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-05-02
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph dated May 2, 1934. Original caption reads: P.W.A Project #2232 A view of North Avenue widening Project looking southerly. The excavation of the road bed has been completed in this section and has part of the Telfold base in place.
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