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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- Buildings [46]
- Business [28]
- Street photography [27]
- Construction projects [25]
- Employees [11]
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- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [8]
- Burlington International Airport [8]
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- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [3]
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- New England Telephone and Telegraph Company [3]
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- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [3]
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- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesLadies Auxiliary.Dept. of Vermont [2]
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- A.D. Pease Grain Co. [1]
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- Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Burlington Federal Savings [1]
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- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [1]
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Topic: ("Automobiles")
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1947 Interior photo of Nash Motors show room. Royer Motor Co. 173 St. Paul, Burlington, Vt. Over head is spelled out the slogan, "Here is your new Nash"
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1950 Yandow Motor Co. located at 11-15 So Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vt. Pontiac motor cars sales, show room and service. Harry A. Yandow, proprietor.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 Yandow Motor Company. So. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt View of the parking lot of used cars for sale. Car dealership. Spring.
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 / 1936 photo of a Chevrolet car dealership with employees standing out front. Could this be Shearer located in Burlington on S. Winooski Ave?
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (unkown)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A Shell gas station attendant wipes the windshield of a Plymouth automobile. Date and location unknown.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 Misc. Schools / Blodgett Oven Co. written on back of photo. View of a paved parking lot with cars.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1952 Written on back of photo Misc. Schools / Blodgett Oven Co. Over developed photo of paved parking lot with cars.
Title: Blodgett Oven Company - Buildings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951/1952 Written on back of photo National Guard Armory
Title: Bristol School - Activities
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1945 Bristol High School students seated in a convertible. A sign on the door reads "Double Door, BHS annual play". Location is just outside the old high school on the corner of Park Street and School Street. A recreational park is at the left. The small building in the upper right corner of photo is the old elementary school currently home to the Bristol Historical Society. Photo #20.
Title: Burlington - Street Views
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a back lot of a automotive business with parked cars and surrounding buildings.
Title: Burlington - Street Views
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An alley and back lot with parked cars and surrounding buildings.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934; 1935; 1934; 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 21, 1935. Photo #10. Caption on 1935 photo reads "# 10 Burlington Vt 6-21-35 VERA (Vermont Emergency Relief Administration) Proj # 402-B15-1, Burlington Municipal Airport - Distribution tank loading from ground storage tanks, and supply tank truck discharging into storage tank." Side view of one truck has sign attached to it reading "Burlington Street Dept."
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934; 1935; 1934; 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 21, 1935. Photo #10. Caption on this 1935 photo reads "#10 Burlington Vt 6-21-35 VERA (Vermont Emergency Relief Administration) Proj #402-B15-1 Burlington Municipal Airport - Distribution tank loading from ground storage tanks, and supply tank truck discharging into storage tank."
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934; 1935; 1934; 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 18, 1935. Photo #14. Caption on this 1935 photo reads "#14 Burlington Vt. 7-18-35 VERA (Vermont Emergency Relief Administration) Proj # 402 B25-1 Burlington Municipal Airport East end of E + W runway. Construction of Armour coat consisting of 1" chestnut stone covered with pea stone after 1st and 2nd application of quick breaking emulsion sand covering over 3rd application.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944-10-06; 1944-10-06
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
City of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated Oct. 6, 1944. This view shows the form work for the north wall of the concrete foundation walls being constructed by Street Department forces for the resetting of the metal hangar just south of the wooden hangar. A contract was awarded to the Street Department to build these foundation walls including all materials, labor and equipment for the sum of $1500.00. Construction workers, wooden planks for getting up to and down from the main platform and vehicles can be seen.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944-10-03; 1944-10-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
City of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated Oct. 3, 1944. This view shows the form work for the south wall of the concrete foundation walls being constructed by Street Department forces for resetting of the metal hangar just south of the wooden hangar. A contract was awarded to the Street Department to build these foundation walls including all materials, labor and equipment for the sum of $1500.00 Several workmen and automobiles seen on site.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1941-06-19; 1941-06-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 19, 1941. Burlington Municipal Airport, WPA (Work Projects Administration) Project. This view shows construction work near the southeasterly end of the new diagonal runway. Note the supply of corrugated metal pipes for underground drainage system. The area in the foreground is the top of the fill recently made with excavated material hauled from the runway area in the distance. Two automobiles are seen in upper left.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935/1936 photo of the construction of a garage or other building at the Burlington Airport, Vermont with an automobile parked inside.
Title: Burlington Airport (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-1941; 1934-1941
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 12, 1935. Caption on photo : #2 - Burlington, VT. 6-12-35 V.E.R.A. Proj. 402-B15-1 Burlington Municipal Airport, East Section of E + W Runway, showing excavated material on either side being loaded with Power Shovel and used for grading, also drainage system being installed and crushed stone being placed on sand ? for stabilization work with Asphalt Emulsion.
Title: Burlington Asphalt Plant
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; undated; 1937; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Burlington Asphalt Plant automobile, trucks, and drivers
Title: Burlington City Hall
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927; 1937, undated; 1927; 1937, undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Scaffolding surrounds the cupola of Burlington City Hall in this dated September 2, 1927 photo. Three different types of automobiles (truck, car, longer car) are parked in front. Sawhorses and other construction materials seen to the left.
Title: Burlington City Hall
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927; 1937, undated; 1927; 1937, undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 1, 1927. Construction of Burlington City Hall showing scaffolding for cupola and partial view of the fire station. James E. Cashman, General contractor.
Title: Burlington Daily News
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1946
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1946/47 Eight child paper-carriers stand beside a car with writing on its side "St. Albans, Vt., Franklin County" in front of the Wells Richardson Building, College Street, Burlington, Vermont. Location of the newspaper the Burlington Daily News that later became the Burlington Free Press. This photo also appears in Images of America Burlington, p. 64.
Title: Burlington Federal Savings
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The Burlington Federal Savings building under construction. 1958.
Title: Burlington Lakefront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1932; 1934, undated; 1932; 1934, undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
December 20, 1932. This photograph of the Burlington lake front is captioned: "Outfall end of new trunk line sewer. Old sewer shown on extreme right," Picture also shows brick building with smokestacks, automobiles, and railroad cars.
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