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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- Champlain, Lake [40]
- Burlington (Vt.) [12]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [9]
- Colchester (Vt.) [6]
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- image [40]
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- black-and-white photographs [29]
- photographs [29]
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- Landscape photography [40]
- Oil storage tanks [11]
- Construction projects [10]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [9]
- Bridges [7]
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Place: ("Champlain, Lake")
Place: ("Champlain, Lake")
Topic: ("Landscape photography")
Title: Marble Island - Lakefront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Marble Island lakefront with a view across the water. An old tree to the far right and tree trunk remnants of a cut down tree in the foreground.
Title: Marble Island - Lakefront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View from Marble Island Clubhouse, Colchester, Vt. Seen is an island from a grassy area near the shoreline. A tree is seen in the center of the photo. Date unknown.
Title: Marble Island - Lakefront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of lake from Marble Island Clubhouse in Colchester, Vt.
Title: Marble Island - Lakefront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A more close up view from Marble Island Clubhouse, Colchester, Vt. of an island from a grassy area near the shoreline. A tree stump is seen in the foreground. Date unknown.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 landscape photo of oil tank construction site on lake shore. A dump truck and other machinery seen center. Letters "TE" seen on tank to the left may indicated TEXACO brand. Ferries in far distance center left.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1937
1937 landscape view of five oil tanks at lake shore. The trademark star signs of Texaco seen center background. Two men stand near a dump truck left foreground.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Undated photo of three oil tanks under construction. To the right is seen the star sign of the Texaco brand. Burlington lake front break water seen in background. May be circa 1937.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 photo of dump truck depositing earth to build up outcropping to shore line at oil tank construction site.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953-06-24; 1953-06-24
June 24, 1953 landscape photo of Texaco oil tank construction site at lake shore. Sun bathers seen at far right enjoy the beach.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953-06-24; 1953-06-24
June 24, 1953 landscape photo of Texaco oil tank construction site at lake shore. Boys play on the beach while sun bathers are seen far right.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
June 8, 1953 photo of Texaco oil tank construction area on the shore of Lake Champlain. Various vehicles and supplies on site.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953-06-24; 1953-06-24
June 24, 1953 photo of Texaco oil tank construction area on the shore of Lake Champlain.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 photo of Texaco oil tank construction area on the shore of Lake Champlain. Various vehicles and supplies on site.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Lake front Texaco buildings and tanks with view looking across Lake Champlain toward New York state.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Undated photo of five oil storage tanks on the water front of Burlington and Lake Champlain. Texaco buildings in center distance.
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