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
Related Archival Collection(s)
Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Published: November 19, 2007, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
Rights: Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to the UVM Libraries' Center for Digital Initiatives at cdi@uvm.edu. For more information, see http://cdi.uvm.edu/about/rights. More information.
Browse Options
Creator(s)
Place(s)
- Champlain, Lake [196]
- Burlington (Vt.) [53]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [32]
- North Hero (Vt. : Town) [12]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [11]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [11]
- Colchester (Vt.) [6]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [5]
- Mallets Bay (Vt.) [2]
- Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.) [2]
Format(s)
- image [196]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [196]
- photographs [196]
Topic(s)
- Boats and boating [61]
- Ferries [57]
- Champlain Transportation Company [53]
- Warships [36]
- Ships [35]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [16]
- Girls [16]
- Ticonderoga (Steamship) [16]
- Steamboats [13]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [12]
- Boys [11]
- Bridges [8]
- Government vessels [7]
- Portrait photography [6]
- Construction projects [5]
- Buildings [3]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [3]
- Children [3]
- Machinery [3]
- Men [3]
- Nuns [3]
- Automobiles [2]
- Service stations [2]
- Sewage disposal [2]
- Tennis [2]
- Women [2]
- Athletics [1]
- Construction workers [1]
- Dance [1]
- Horses [1]
- Railroad tracks [1]
- Railroad trains [1]
- Snow removal [1]
- Waste disposal sites [1]
- Young men [1]
- Young women [1]
-
- | 172 - 196 of 196 |
-
- Thumbnails | List
Browsing by:
Place: ("Champlain, Lake")
Genre: ("black-and-white photographs")
Title: Malletts Bay - Colchester, VT
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1936 summer photo of Lake Champlain as seen at Malletts Bay in Colchester, Vermont. Swimmers, sun bathers and canoes seen.
Title: Malletts Bay - Colchester, VT
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 /1936 summer photo of children and adults enjoying Lake Champlain as seen at Malletts Bay in Colchester, Vermont.
Title: Marble Island - Lakefront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A small shed with a fuel filling pump and a canoe are to the right. A wooden dock juts out into Lake Champlain. Birch and other trees surround the area. Date unknown. Marble Island, Colchester, Vt. - Lakefront. See also mcalA08F11i07
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: Queen City Park, So. Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Children and adults enjoy the beach along the shores of Lake Champlain at Queen City Park in South Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Queen City Park, So. Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Look out perch over looking Lake Champlain and the mountains.
Title: Sewer Projects
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1932-03-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 9, 1932. Man, machine and animal work together on a sewer project in Burlington. A large crane pours steam into the air as it rests on an outcropping in Lake Champlain down at the water front. A horse is seen in the background with a crew member. The building of Burlington Grocery Company on lower Maple Street and the St. Paul Street seen in distant background.
Title: Sewer Projects
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1932-04-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 5, 1932. A major sewer project is underway as seen here with flat metal posts and timbers forming the walls of a large trench. View of the Lake Champlain water front with the break water in the background.
Title: Sewer Projects
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1932-03-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 9, 1932. A large crane is positioned in the center of the photo at a major sewer project site. The Burlington break water can be seen in the background.
Title: Sewer Projects
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1932-02-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
February 19, 1932. Members of a crew dig with pick axes at a sewer project site near the Burlington Lake Champlain water front.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the line of tracks leading to the shore and the partially submerged dry dock cradle.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two crew men from the Shelburne Shipyard stand on the huge boat cradle that is partially submerged in the waters of Lake Champlain.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two crew men from the Shelburne Shipyard stand on the huge boat cradle that is partially submerged in the waters of Lake Champlain.
Title: Ticonderoga
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Steamship Ticonderoga inside the breakwater in Lake Champlain. She is loaded with passengers. She was built in 1906 in Newburgh, New York and the Shelburne Shipyard in Shelburne, Vermont. She weighs 892 tons, is 220 feet long and can carry a max of 1070 persons. Undated but may be early 1950s.
Title: Ticonderoga
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Steamship Ticonderoga loaded with passengers seen inside the breakwater on Lake Champlain. Undated but may be 1950s.
Title: Ticonderoga
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Steamship Ticonderoga moves along inside the breakwater on Lake Champlain loaded with passengers. Undated but may be 1950s.
Title: Ticonderoga
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Steamship Ticonderoga moves along inside the breakwater on Lake Champlain loaded with passengers. Her cruising speed is 17 mph, top speed 23 mph. She was built in 1906 and continued to sail on the lake until 1953. Undated but may be 1950s.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-11-06
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 6, 1954. The steamship Ticonderoga is seen just out of the water. Large cranes and railroad tracks are nearby. A 450 foot long basin was dug, then filled with water to position the ship onto a cradle and then the basin drained. Photo 66.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-11-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 5, 1954. The steamship Ticonderoga and a tugboat are positioned near a barge on which a large crane is set. The steam engines have been shut down at this point in the operation. This 450 foot long basin was dug at the southern end of Shelburne Bay, was filled with water so as to get the ship onto a cradle and then the basin drained once the vessel was set. Photo 34.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-11-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 5, 1954. The steamboat Ticonderoga is seen here at the southern end of Shelburne Bay before it begins its overland journey to the Shelburne Museum. A tugboat is drawn along side the vessel is this marshy basin. Photo 62.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-11-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 5, 1954. The steamship Ticonderoga is seen in a basin dug at the southern end of Shelburne Bay. The lower half of her paddlewheels have been temporarily removed so as to allow the boat to fit in the basin. Her engines are not running during this part of the operation. Photo 40.
![Thumbnail: Vermont [Steamboat]](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/mcallister/mcalA18F16i03-thumb.jpg)
Title: Vermont [Steamboat]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1929
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The steamboat, Vermont, seen under the Crown Point Bridge spanning Lake Champlain between Vermont and New York state.
-
- | 172 - 196 of 196 |
-
- Thumbnails | List