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.) [55]
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- image [56]
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- black-and-white photographs [42]
- photographs [42]
Topic(s)
- Business [56]
- Street photography [56]
- Buildings [23]
- Stores, Retail [21]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [18]
- Trucks [4]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [3]
- Billboards [2]
- Church buildings [2]
- Department stores [2]
- Drugstores [2]
- Dwellings [2]
- Van Ness House [2]
- A.D. Pease Grain Co. [1]
- Advertising [1]
- Architectural photography [1]
- Bank buildings [1]
- Burlington Federal Savings [1]
- Burlington Rapid Transit Company [1]
- Buses [1]
- Convenience stores [1]
- Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Horses [1]
- Hotels [1]
- Landscape photography [1]
- Railroad tracks [1]
- Snow removal [1]
- Street signs [1]
- Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Theaters [1]
- Urban parks [1]
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Title: Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931; 10-31
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 31, 1931. Corner of College Street and South Winooski Ave. looking north. To the left is 212 - 214 College Street with a sign painted on the brick advertising Hall Furniture Co., Inc. A horse and buggy stand nearby. To the right at the corner is "Miss Burlington" Diner. Just up the street is a tall building with a sign on top of it reading "Light, Heat, Power" and may be the Burlington Light and Power Co at 102 So. Winooski.
Title: Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931; 08-10
August 10, 1931. Corner of College Street and South Winooski Ave. looking north. To the extreme right corner is the "Miss Burlington" Diner. To the left is a advertisement painted on the side of the building for Hall Furniture Co.
Title: Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1933
1933 view of South Winooski Ave opposite Central Fire Station showing three vehicles belonging to O. C. Taylor & Co., a wholesale tobacco business, advertising Roi-Tan cigars. Behind is Appleyard Motor Co., a used car dealer at No. 129. To the right is the A. D. Pease Grain Co. at 125 So Winooski Ave.
Title: Business Enterprises - C-D
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 photo of a moving van owned by Chase Movers & Storage. Office and warehouse located at 77-83 College Street.
Title: Business Enterprises - C-D
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951/1952 photo of a moving van owned by Chase Movers & Storage. Office and warehouse located at 77-83 College Street.
Title: Business Enterprises - C-D
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 photo of a moving van owned by Chase Movers & Storage. Office and warehouse located at 77-83 College Street. Allied Van Lines agent.
Title: Business Enterprises - E-H
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of Gero Bros. Movers. Moving truck.
Title: Business Enterprises - E-H
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 photo of A.C. Hathorne Co./C.P. Smith Supply Co. located at 135 South Winooski Ave.
Title: Business Enterprises - I-Z
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 photo of Lawrence Distilling Company, Inc. at 95-99 College Street, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Business Enterprises - I-Z
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 photo of Northern Oil Co. at 201 College Street, Burlington, Vermont. To the far left is seen White's Dairy Products.
Title: Chittenden Trust Company Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the Chittenden County Trust Company (123 Church Street & 173 College Street)and Western Union office (129 Church) as seen from Church Street. To the far right is McAuliffe Paper Co. retail store (117 Church Street). Automobiles are parked along the street. Trolley tracks remain embedded. Undated but may be early 1930s.
Title: Stores - B.F. Goodrich (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
114 Cherry Street. 3/4 view of the B.F. Goodrich store front, very likely removed during the urban renewal of the late 60s. Store next door is the Tick Tock Shoppe, now on Bank St.
Title: Stores - F.W. Woolworth (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Church Street (37-39). Well-stocked window displays invite shoppers to this three-story F.W. Woolworth on the corner of Church and Cherry St., which would eventually become the largest Woolworth in New England. Looking somewhat like the woolen mills in Winooski, this older structure was replaced by a modern one in 1964. Woolworth started closing its Vt. stores in the 1990s, the Church St. store closing in March, 1998.
Title: Stores - IGA (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1936; 1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1936 photo of cars (1930s Chevrolet?) parked in front of Burlington Grocery Co., 47-49 Maple St., Burlington, Vt.
Title: Stores - People's Department Store (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
25 Church Street : Rear entrance to People's Dept. store, with truck in foreground.
Title: Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947; 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Including T.S. Peck Insurance Agency 154 College Street : Truck with Sherwin Williams business info parked in front of store at 152 College. (SW may have moved recently to 152 without having changed the address on the truck.)
Title: Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947; 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
T.S. Peck Insurance Agency 154 College Street : Several cars parked in front of three College St. businesses: Sherwin-Williams Paints (152), T.S. Peck, and Agel Corman furniture. Photo is taken from City Hall park.
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.
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.
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