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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Title: Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Three quarter view of the Singer Sewing machine store, with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the background. Next to Singer is boarded up vacant lot, site of future Irving's.
Title: Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
23Church St. 3/4 view of the Singer Sewing machine store. The previously empty lot at 19-21 Church St., as seen in mcalB18F27i02 and others, is now [Mortimer] Irving's ladies' clothing store. (The name is visible on the advertising.) Date must be 1952 or later. Good sampling of cars.
Title: Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 / 1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Store, Burlington, Vt., before the construction of Irving's (ladies' ready-to-wear clothing store), which would later occupy the vacant lot at 19-21 Church St. To the left is People's Department Store. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception can be seen in the distance.
Title: Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of 23 Church Street. Singer Sewing Machine Co. retail store, on the west side of Church St. Display window has several mannequins, vacuum cleaners, and an ornate "coat-of-arms" announcing Singer's 100th anniversary. See interior of store mcalB18F27i06
Title: Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1953 back lot of Singer Sewing Machine Store, 23 Church St., Burlington, Vt.
Title: Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of back lot of Singer Sewing Machine Store, 23 Church St., Burlington, Vt., apparently before the construction of Irving's (ladies' ready-to-wear clothing store).
Title: Stores - The Allen Studio and The Camera Shop (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
168 College Street storefront of the Allen Studio and Camera Shop. Owner or manager at the time was Wallace T. Blanchard.
Title: Street Repair
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943-16-25; 1943-6-25
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 25, 1943 lower Church Street removal of trolley track. Store fronts line the street and include Gover's Radio Shop at 128 Church seen to the left. Next to it is Farmers Production Credit Association at No. 132, Howe's Market at No. 134. See also mcalA04F04i11
Title: Street Repair
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated (but may be 1940s) photo of Salvage Project. Trolley Track Rail Removal Project in front of Burlington City Hall on Church Street.
Title: Streets, Roads: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-10-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 7, 1946. Institute Road Rock Excavation Street Widening Project showing new sidewalk construction work done by the city street dept. See also mcalA05F07i12
Title: Streets, Roads: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
September 17, 1928. Trolley tracks can be seen running down the middle of this Burlington city street.
Title: Streets, Roads: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This is most likely South Union Street in Burlington at the intersection of Buell Street. House at the right side of the photo is number 56 So Union. 1930s?
Title: Strong Theatre (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947; 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 photo of the Strong Building, home of Strong Hardware Co. and the Strong Theatre, as well as a drugstore and ice cream shop. Date on the building is 1902. The marquee reads: Abbott and Costello: "The Naughty Nineties," with Alan Curtis. (The movie came out in 1945.) The building was destroyed by arson in 1970, and rubble at the site was used to help build the Burlington bike path.
Title: Strong Theatre (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947; 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946 photo of the Strong Building, home of Strong Hardware Co. and the Strong Theatre, as well as Brown's Pharmacy and ice cream shop. Date on the building is 1902. The marquee reads: Abbott and Costello: "The Naughty Nineties," with Alan Curtis. (The movie came out in 1945.) The building was destroyed by arson in 1970, and rubble at the site was used to help build the Burlington bike path.
Title: Surveyors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1932-12-20
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
December 20, 1932. Stadia survey party while on survey for city map and topography for sewer and drainage system in North portion of city.
Title: Trinity College - Sports & Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1949 Trinity College students about to board a bus parked on Colchester Ave. Purpose and destination unknown. Grocery store in the background, at corner of East Ave. and Colchester, owned by Wiley F. Danforth (note "DA").
Title: UVM Botany Dept.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Group of young men, including an African-American, possibly UVM students and members of a fraternity, dressed in comic "hayseed" attire and carrying scythes and pitchforks. Housing in background suggests campus setting. Horse-drawn farm implement. Warm and sunny day; occasion unknown.
Title: UVM Buildings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
College Row (now University Place) on a snowy day. Buildings in view include: Ira Allen Chapel, Billings Library, Williams Science Hall, and Old Mill.
Title: UVM Fleming Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 12, 1933. Colchester Ave., looking southwest, with view of Fleming Museum on the left.
Title: UVM Ira Allen Chapel
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Ira Allen Chapel as seen from the north end of University Place. Other buildings include: Torrey Hall (behind chapel), Billings Library, Williams Hall, and Old Mill. 2 automobiles.
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club : Squirrel Club
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-1948
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 or 1948 photo of ladies on a parade float (made from a flatbed truck) with sign "Queen Isabella". Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club Squirrel Club. Location outside of the First Unitarian Universalist Society church at 152 Pearl Street (head of Church Street Marketplace), Burlington, Vt. Photo #1.
Title: Winooski Bridge
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-08-24
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 24, 1945. This view was taken from the Winooski end of the bridge looking toward Colchester Ave. hill. Note the completed hot plant mix wearing surface on the right half of the bridge (asphalt spreader and roller shown in the distance) while two way traffic is suing the left half of the bridge. The crew in the left foreground is removing the old cold-patch aprons which were temporarily placed near the newly installed steel expansion lanes during the previous season. This wearing surface was placed 2 inches in thickness and tapered off on to the approaches at each end. The cost of this work was borne by the City of Winooski and City of Burlington sharing in the proportion of the grand list of each City and the State Highway Department. The State Highway Department paid for 4/5 of the total cost while the other fifth was divided between the two cities.
Title: Winooski Bridge Repair
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 24, 1945. On the Winooski Bridge with view toward Burlington and Colchester Ave. Trucks and workmen doing repair. See also mcalB22F18i07 taken moments apart from this image.
Title: Winooski Bridge Repair
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-08-24
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 24, 1945. On the Winooski Bridge with view toward Burlington and Colchester Ave. Trucks and workmen doing repair. See also mcalB22F18i01 taken moments apart from this image.
Title: Winooski, VT - Winooski River and Mills (Panormama: 7 Photos numbered left to right)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated but may be 1920s (or earlier) view of Riverside Ave (Lower Winooski Road), Burlington. Billboard along side of road advertises White's Vermont Velvet Ice Cream made by White's Pure Milk Products located at 21 Church Street, Burlington, Vt. ; A. R. White proprietor. Photo 7 of seven part panoramic view.
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