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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- Department stores [56]
- S.S. Kresge Company [35]
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- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
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Title: Stores - Abernethy's (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1946; 1945-1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Built on the site where George Perkins Marsh once lived, what would later be known simply as "Abernethy's" was first called "The Richardson" (built 1894), named after the pharmaceutical businessman Albert E. Richardson. It stands on the southeast corner of Pearl and Church Streets. After Abernethy's, the department store, closed in 1983, the building was renovated and renamed "Richardson Place." The architectural style is known as "Scoto-French," apparently because of its blend of French chateau and Scottish castle features.
Title: Stores - Abernethy's (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951-1952; 1951-1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Display window in front of Abernethy's, 2-10 Church St., Burlington.
Title: Stores - Abernethy's (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951; 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Store window with summer wear in front of Abernethy's, 2-10 Church St., Burlington. Pane on the right shows the full name of the business: Abernethy, Clarkson & Wright, Inc.
Title: Stores - Abernethy's (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Display window with mannequins in Abernethy's dept. store, 2-10 Church St., Burlington.
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 - F.W. Woolworth (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950; 1949-1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
37-39 Church Street. Typical 5-and-dime merchandise in this interior photo of F.W. Woolworth Co. on the corner of Church and Cherry St., Burlington, Vt.
Title: Stores - F.W. Woolworth (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950; 1949-1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
37-39 Church Street. Typical 5-and-dime merchandise in this interior photo of F.W. Woolworth Co. on the corner of Church and Cherry St., Burlington, Vt.
Title: Stores - F.W. Woolworth (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949-1950; 1949-1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
37-39 Church Street. Crowded display of discount merchandise in this interior photo of F.W. Woolworth Co. on the corner of Church and Cherry St., Burlington, Vt.
Title: Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
"Blanket and Drapery Shop." Also a fabric store, with 3 employees ready to sell Paradise Prints.
Title: Stores - M.H. Fishman Co. Inc. (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Interior view of lunch counter at M.H. Fishman Co., Inc., taken during the Christmas shopping season.
Title: Stores - People's Department Store (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1948-1949; 1948-1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
25 Church Street : rear entrance and staircase to upper floors of People's Dept. store.
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 - S.S. Kresge (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945; 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
47-55 Church Street : Sale hosiery display at Kresge's, with celebrity photos on the lower shelf.
Title: Stores - S.S. Kresge (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958; 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
47-55 Church Street: Interior of store and display of hardware and painting supplies.
Title: Stores - S.S. Kresge (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1958; 1958
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
47-55 Church Street: Interior of store and display of hardware and painting supplies.
Title: Stores - S.S. Kresge (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955; 1955
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Window display at S.S. Kresge's at the time of their remodeling. Decorations anticipate harvest and Thanksgiving Day.
Title: Stores - Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
35-37 Church Street: Interior of Sears Roebuck, in the hardware and garden department. Man standing next to seed display is giving a presentation, either for training purposes or as general instruction.
Title: Stores - Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
35-37 Church Street : Interior of Sear Roebuck on Church St. in Burlington, Vt. Display of Honor Bilt brand home insulation.
Title: Stores - Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944; 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
35-37 Church Street : Interior of Sears Roebuck. Display of four types of home insulation.
Title: Stores - The Old Beehive (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
91 Church Street : The Old Beehive department store, with a display window of hats and dress suits for women.
Title: Stores - The Old Beehive (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951; 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
91 Church Street : Display of rugs and carpeting in the Old Beehive.
Title: Stores - Windows - Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947; 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Display window with a variety of Christmas gifts, probably at a department store on Church St., Burlington, Vt.
Title: The Fashion Shop (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fashion Shop (Burlington, VT) window, 81-83 Church Street with publicity photo display of CBS WCAX personalities. Dated 1945.
Title: War Bond Campaign
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of store (very likely Sears on Church St.; note wall advertising) customers and/or employees signing up to buy U.S. war bonds. Large poster of GI throwing a hand grenade says: "[Let The]m Have It. Buy Extra Bonds." Informal arrangement of "ordinary citizens" in an everyday setting conveys the idea that everyone can contribute to the war effort.
Title: War Bond Campaign
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944 photo of store (very likely Sears on Church St.; note wall advertising) customers and/or employees signing up to buy U.S. war bonds. Large poster of GI throwing a hand grenade says: "[Let 'Em Have It. Buy Extra Bonds." Informal arrangement of "ordinary citizens" in an everyday setting conveys the idea that everyone can contribute to the war effort.
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