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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Place(s)
- Champlain, Lake [61]
- Burlington (Vt.) [43]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [21]
- Mallets Bay (Vt.) [10]
- North Hero (Vt. : Town) [5]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [4]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [1]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [1]
- Winooski (Vt.) [1]
- Winooski River (Vt.) [1]
Format(s)
- image [135]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [135]
- photographs [135]
Topic(s)
- Boats and boating [135]
- Ships [44]
- Warships [40]
- Shelburne Shipyard, Inc [29]
- Ferries [13]
- Auditoriums [8]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [8]
- Champlain Transportation Company [8]
- Landscape photography [8]
- Business [7]
- Construction projects [6]
- Boys [5]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [5]
- Camping [5]
- Swimming [5]
- Machinery [4]
- Exhibit booths [3]
- Men [3]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [2]
- Interior architecture [2]
- Nuns [2]
- Portrait photography [2]
- Stores, Retail [2]
- Women [2]
- Advertising [1]
- Automobiles [1]
- Bridges [1]
- Children [1]
- Employees [1]
- Exhibitions [1]
- Girls [1]
- Railroad tracks [1]
- Trailers [1]
- Wreckers (Vehicles) [1]
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Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two well dressed women pose for a studio portrait seated in a painted back drop row boat with paddle. Woman on the left also appears in other photos in this collection e.g. mcalA12F13i4 and i5. On the back of this photo is glued two images; one of a woman and one of a house. The back of the photo is printed the name of the photographic studio and is mostly covered by the two images glued there. May be from the Dr. J. S. McAllister studio.
Title: McAllister Memorabilia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of Louis McAllister later in life standing up in a skiff with paddle in hand out on a body of water. Location and date unknown. Another version is mcalA12F09i02.
Title: McAllister Portraits
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of Louis McAllister later in life standing up in a skiff with paddle in hand out on a body of water. Location and date unknown.
Title: Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Marine exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing Chris-Craft motor boats and equipment being sold by Champlain Marine Co., Inc.
Title: Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Marine exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing Garwood Streamline motor boats and equipment being sold by Edgar Chiott & Son.
Title: Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Marine exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing motor boats and equipment. Nearby banner reads Vermont Structural Steel Corp. Photo #2.
Title: Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Marine exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing motor boats, life jackets and other boating equipment being sold by Chiott's Marine Distributors. Photo #3.
Title: Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Marine exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing motor boat equipment and accessories being sold by Chiott's Marine Distributors. Photo #1.
Title: Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 photo of water skiing on a lake.
Title: Miscellaneous
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1959
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1959 Most likely view of Lake Champlain with water skier being pulled by a boat. Similar to mcalB05F12i11
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A group of men gather near a lake shore with metal bowls in their hands. Two large kettles are at the right; perhaps containing soup or stew. A flat boat and another boat are in the water.
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: Stores, Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two men in front work on boats at the Champlain Marine and Realty Co. indoor shop. Two others work near work benches in the back. Three long wooden boats are seen. Banners advertise services, marine insurance, water demonstrations, Chris-Craft and Johnson Sea Horses.
Title: Ticonderoga
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Steamship Ticonderoga inside the breakwater in Lake Champlain. She is loaded with passengers. She was built in 1906 in Newburgh, New York and the Shelburne Shipyard in Shelburne, Vermont. She weighs 892 tons, is 220 feet long and can carry a max of 1070 persons. Undated but may be early 1950s.
Title: Ticonderoga
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Steamship Ticonderoga loaded with passengers seen inside the breakwater on Lake Champlain. Undated but may be 1950s.
Title: Ticonderoga
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Steamship Ticonderoga moves along inside the breakwater on Lake Champlain loaded with passengers. Undated but may be 1950s.
Title: Ticonderoga
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Steamship Ticonderoga moves along inside the breakwater on Lake Champlain loaded with passengers. Her cruising speed is 17 mph, top speed 23 mph. She was built in 1906 and continued to sail on the lake until 1953. Undated but may be 1950s.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-11-06
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 6, 1954. The steamship Ticonderoga is seen in the southern end of Shelburne Bay. A basin was dug, filled with water to raise the ship onto a cradle and then the basin was drained so the ship came to rest on the cradle for its 2 mile overland journey to the Shelburne Museum. Photo 45.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-11-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 5, 1954. The steamboat Ticonderoga is seen in Shelburne Bay. A basin was dug, filled with water to raise the ship onto a cradle and then the basin was drained so the ship came to rest on the cradle for its 2 mile overland journey to the Shelburne Museum. Photo 46.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-11-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 5, 1954. The steamship Ticonderoga and a tugboat are positioned near a barge on which a large crane is set. The steam engines have been shut down at this point in the operation. This 450 foot long basin was dug at the southern end of Shelburne Bay, was filled with water so as to get the ship onto a cradle and then the basin drained once the vessel was set. Photo 34.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-11-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 5, 1954. The steamboat Ticonderoga is seen here at the southern end of Shelburne Bay before it begins its overland journey to the Shelburne Museum. A tugboat is drawn along side the vessel is this marshy basin. Photo 62.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-11-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 5, 1954. The steamship Ticonderoga is seen in a basin dug at the southern end of Shelburne Bay. The lower half of her paddlewheels have been temporarily removed so as to allow the boat to fit in the basin. Her engines are not running during this part of the operation. Photo 40.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1954-11-06
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 6, 1954. The steamship Ticonderoga, her engines still, the lower half of her paddlewheels temporarily removed sits at the end of Shelburne Bay near the LaPlatte River. A tugboat was required to push her into a man made basin dug to allow her to be positioned over a wheeled cradle needed to move her 2 miles overland to the Shelburne Museum. Photo 41.
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Title: Vermont [Steamboat]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1929
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The steamboat, Vermont, seen under the Crown Point Bridge spanning Lake Champlain between Vermont and New York state.
Title: Winooski and Burlington Mills (from Pontoon Bridge)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated but most likely soon after the 1927 Flood. Seen here a pontoon boat in the Winooski River with one of the old mills in background. Photo signed by McAllister and numbered No. 2
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