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 [11]
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- black-and-white photographs [151]
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- Steamboats [51]
- Ticonderoga (Steamship) [44]
- Shelburne Shipyard, Inc [43]
- High school buildings [25]
- Railroad tracks [24]
- Machinery [16]
- Shelburne Public School (Shelburne, Vt.) [16]
- Ships [15]
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- High school teachers [12]
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- Dwellings [11]
- Ferries [10]
- Interior architecture [10]
- Warships [9]
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- Architectural photography [4]
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- Construction workers [3]
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- Furniture [3]
- Horses [3]
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- Champlain Transportation Company [1]
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Title: Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Former main entrance to the Shelburne Museum. Visitors could at one time enter through one side of the covered bridge. The other side housed wagons, carriages, carts. A horse drawn milk carriage was stationed next to the bridge. No border fence was present at this point in time. In the distance is seen the Colchester Lighthouse and the steamboat Ticonderoga.
Title: Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Visitors stop near the former main entrance to the Shelburne Museum. Visitors could at one time enter through one side of the covered bridge. The other side housed wagons, carriages, carts. A horse drawn milk carriage was stationed next to the bridge; a favorite spot for a snapshot. No border fence was present at this point in time. In the distance is seen the Colchester Lighthouse and the steamboat Ticonderoga.
Title: Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Shelburne Museum. Schoolhouse near a pond on the museum grounds.
Title: Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Colchester Lighthouse in the process of being permanently relocated to the Shelburne Museum grounds.
Title: Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Spring photo of the Shelburne Museum Prentis House. Shown next to the house is a stone well and its long pole. Lilacs are in bloom.
Title: Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Another view of the Shelburne Museum Prentis House with its saltbox style architecture and nearby well.
Title: Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Another view of the Shelburne Museum Prentis House with its saltbox style architecture and nearby well.
Title: Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Webb Trophy Room (now Shelburne Museum) showing a kitchen area with hearth, table and various wild creatures along with guns and rifles displayed hanging on the walls.
Title: Shelburne Museum - Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 / 1952 view of open acres of land belonging to the Shelburne Museum. Plumbs of earth are seen as the land is worked.
Title: Shelburne Museum - Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 / 1952 view of open acres of land belonging to the Shelburne Museum. Plumbs of earth are seen as the land is worked.
Title: Shelburne Museum - Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936; 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 / 1936 photo of construction on land belonging to the Shelburne Museum.
Title: Shelburne Museum - Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936; 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 / 1936 view of construction on the land belonging to the Shelburne Museum. Construction works dot the site.
Title: Shelburne Museum - Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 photo of bare ground construction site belonging to the Shelburne Museum.
Title: Shelburne Museum - Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949; 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 view of bare ground construction site belonging to the Shelburne Museum.
Title: Shelburne Museum - Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947; 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 / 1947 view of construction on land belonging to the Shelburne Museum. Route 7 (?) in the foreground.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of the Marine Railway building and apparatus used in maneuvering the boats.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Dry dock cradle at the edge of the shore of Lake Champlain at the Shelburne Shipyard seen with its tracks and heavy metal chains attached. Picture shows keel, blocks, bilge blocks and docking platform. A ferry boat is in the far distance to the extreme left.
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 Marine Railway building at Shelburne Shipyard with some of its machinery. Erected 1929 for the Champlain Transportation Company.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Boat in dry dock showing the wooden cradle supports.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Part of the rails, roller tracks, chains and machinery used in maneuvering large boats at the Shelburne Shipyard. This is at the water's edge.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Portion of the roller tracks used to maneuver boats at the Shelburne Shipyard. This is at the water's edge.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of the heavy chains part of the machinery that maneuvers the heavy boats at the Shelburne Shipyard.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of metal machinery wheel and chain inside the Marine Railway building at the Shelburne Shipyard.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of the heavy chains part of the machinery that maneuvers the heavy boats at the Shelburne Shipyard.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of the inside of the Marine Railway building at the Shelburne Shipyard. View of some of the machinery that maneuvers the boats.
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