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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- Potash Brook (Vt.) [16]
- Winooski River (Vt.) [16]
- Champlain, Lake [8]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [3]
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- Bridges [150]
- Construction projects [67]
- Heineberg Bridge (Chittenden County, Vt.) [29]
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Topic: ("Bridges")
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Bridge over Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Workers constructing bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Workers constructing bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-11-20; 1928-11-20
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Completed bridge improvement construction, November 20, 1928, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Completed bridge improvement construction, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook (4X5)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook (4X5)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook (4X5)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Railroad
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Metal truss railroad bridge
Title: Bridges, Railroad
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Metal truss railroad bridge
Title: Bridges: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Blasting channel in ice beneath metal bridge
Title: Bridges: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Laying pipeline in channel through ice beneath metal bridge
Title: Bridges: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of a bridge spanning a body of water in an unnamed location. Buildings seen at each end of the bridge.
Title: Bridges: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Bridge across stream in rural landscape
Title: Bridges: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Bridge over body of water
Title: Buildings: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Small sided building, possibly a pump house, next to stairway and birch trees
Title: Burlington Streets: Colchester Ave
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1939-10-21; 1939-10-21
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the base of Colchester Ave at the Winooski Bridge near Barrett Street. Possibly 487 Colchester. Automobiles are parked along the store front of a corner grocery or convenience store (that may be owned by Ernest C. Potvin as listed in the 1929 Burlington City Directory) that advertises cigars, cigarettes and Salada Tea in this Oct. 21, 1929 photo.
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