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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Topic: ("Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets")
Format: ("image")
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 20, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket #2215 Street Dept. Central Plant Building. A view, looking southerly, of the Central Plant taken at the time steel was being erected.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 27, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view showing the steel framework of the Street Dept. Central Plant looking easterly.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April, 27, 1934. Street Dept. Central Plant Building P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the eastern and western elevation of the Central Plant taken at the time the brickwork item was nearing completion.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 27, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Building Project Docket #2215 Picture showing the northern and western elevation taken at the time that the brickwork was nearing completion.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May, 1934? P.W.A. (Public Works Administration)Project #2215 A picture showing the steel framework of the roof of the Central Plant.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 25, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No.2215 A picture of the eastern and northern elevation of the Street Dept. Central Plant before staging was removed.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 25, 1934. Street Dept. Central Plant Bldg. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view showing the northern and western elevation of the Central Plant taken after the completion of the brick work.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 25, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 The northern elevation of the Street Dept. Central Plant taken during the pouring of the concrete floors.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 1, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project #2215 A view of the foundations of street dept. central plant looking westerly from Pine Street.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 1, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket #2215 A view showing the pouring of the foundations of the fire wall between office and garages at the Street Dept. Central Plant Building.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 1, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215 A view looking easterly during the pouring of the foundation walls of the Street Dept. Central Plant Building on section near Pine St.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 4, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215. A view of the roof of the Street Dept. Central Plant during the application of roofing.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 4, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215 A view showing the roofing construction during one of its various stages on the Street Dept. Central Plant Building.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Construction of Building
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 4, 1934. P.W.A. (Public Works Administration) Project Docket No. 2215 A picture taken during the street dept. central plant building construction of roof covering which was under the Johns-Manville Co. supervision and protected by their guarantee.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931-1944; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s or 1940s photo of Burlington Street Dept. snow plow (?) vehicle.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931-1944; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated but may be 1940 photo taken at the Burlington Street Dept's plant of the Walter Snow Fighter Truck with snow blower equipment attachment, Snow King Rotary Plow.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931-1944; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
December 13, 1937. This view shows the snow loader in action while running a loading test. The capacity when a sufficient amount of snow is available is twenty-five to thirty cubic yards of snow per minute.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 A view of the interior of stable showing stalls, feed box, etc., on the west side.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 A view of the interior of garage with unit heaters, work benches, concrete floor, etc.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 20, 1934. P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 A view showing interior of stables on the east side.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 This view shows the open sheds with stables adjoining which serve as a storage place for tools and equipment.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 This view of the boiler room and boiler which supplies the heating units for the various sections.
Title: Burlington Street Department Buildings - Interiors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 20, 1934. P.W.A. PROJECT NO. 2215 This view shows the south-east corner of building where the office is located. Seen here is a toilet stall with a wash basin on the outside of the stall.
Title: Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1938-1940; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1938-1940 photograph of a Burlington Street Dept. work crew resurfacing lower Battery Street.
Title: Burlington Streets: Battery Street Park
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1938-1940; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1938-1940 photograph of a Burlington Street Dept. work crew resurfacing lower Battery Street.
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