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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- image [331]
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- black-and-white photographs [181]
- photographs [181]
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- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [331]
- Street photography [331]
- Construction projects [299]
- Construction workers [138]
- Street-railroad tracks [27]
- Street signs [11]
- Sewage disposal [10]
- Landscape photography [9]
- Snowplows [9]
- Theaters [8]
- United StatesWork Projects Administration. [8]
- Billboards [7]
- Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Buildings [6]
- Snow removal [5]
- Automobiles [4]
- Church buildings [4]
- Service stations [4]
- Tractors Equipment and supplies [4]
- Drugstores [3]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [3]
- Post office buildings [3]
- Railroad tracks [3]
- Snowblowers [3]
- Bridges [2]
- Burlington Rapid Transit Company [2]
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- Chapels [2]
- Machinery [2]
- United StatesPublic Works Administration. [2]
- University of Vermont [2]
- Waste disposal in the ground [2]
- Animals [1]
- Architectural photography [1]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Burlington Federal Savings [1]
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- Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
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Topic: ("Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets")
Topic: ("Street photography")
Title: Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Undated photograph of a work crew installing curbs on Riverside Avenue. The photograph was taken in front of Carhart Advertising which was located at 617 Riverside Avenue (formerly 1 First Street).
Title: Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931; 10-19
Photograph dated 10/19/31. Label attached reads North Williams Street. Original caption reads: Mixed-In-Place - Asphalt Macadam 2 1/2" of crushed stone from 1/4" to 2" uniformly mixed. This picture shows the first application of #7 Asphalt being applied at the rate of 9/10 gal. per sq. yd. with the City owned Kinney Distributor and mixed with spring-tooth farm harrow.
Title: Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.(4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Undated photograph of the Burlington Street Dept. buildings which were located at 132 South Winooski Ave. The Fletcher Free Library and the spire of the College Street Congregational Church can be seen in the background of this photograph.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1938-12-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
December 7, 1938. Road construction crew repaves a city street as part of the P. W. A. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works street improvements. Project No. VT 1097-F.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-05-02
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 2, 1934. P.W.A Project #2232 A view of North Avenue widening Project looking southerly. The excavation of the road bed has been completed in this section and has part of the Telfold base in place. See also mcalA05F24i06
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of a road under reconstruction. The dirt surface has loose rocks. A manhole is seen in the middle of the road foreground. Men, machines and automobiles in the distance.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Members of the road construction crew smooth the surface of the street with shovel and machine. A new curb is to the left. A stone wall is seen to the right.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-10-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 9, 1935. A steam roller smooths out a road surface on one side while traffic moves along on the other side.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-03-06
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 6, 1934. City Burlington, Vermont. CWA (Civil Works Administration) Project #402-J. Telford stone base construction and crushed stone surface. Note winter conditions. Wished someone had noted the location.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-03-06
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 6, 1934. City Burlington Vermont. CWA (Civil Works Administration) Project #402-J. Telford stone base construction. Note winter conditions. Can someone note location?
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1933-07-12
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 12, 1933. View of a residential street in Burlington.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931-06-29
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 29, 1931. Work crew men seen working crushed stone on surface of road during construction.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931-05-18
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 18, 1931. Men operate large tank truck as it sprays material on the road surface.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931-04-23
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 23, 1931. View of a road under constructions. A strip of crushed stone all along the street is seen to the left.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931-08-28
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 28, 1931. View of a Burlington residential street under construction. Members of the road crew of the Burlington Street Dept work along side a cement mixer. Piles of bags of Lone Star are seen lined all along the work site.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-09-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
September 10, 1928. Crew members work with a tank truck pouring and smoothing road surface on a strip of road.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-09-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
September 10, 1928. An end of a strip of road being constructed is seen as workmen apply a road surface. Billboards are in the distance along with a sign for "Tourists."
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A road crew and their heavy equipment at work on an unidentified Burlington street.
Title: Road Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A road crew at work on an unidentified Burlington street.
Title: Road Construction (4X5)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of a Burlington Street Dept. road construction project on an unidentified Burlington Street.
Title: Sewer Projects (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944-01-20; 1944-01-20
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
January 20, 1944. NORTH BEND STREET SEWER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. This view shows the intersection of North Bend Street in front of the Pomeroy "Stone" Cottage. This project extends from the intersection of Oak Street and North Bend northerly a distance of 110 feet to the intersection shown in the foreground, thence easterly a distance of 167 feet to the dead-end manhole. A new manhole and two catch basins and one manhole are to be constructed at this intersection. 15 inch clay sewer tile is being used in the first section and 10 inch clay sewer tile is being used in the second section. This installation will take care of the surface drainage which here-to-fore has overflowed down over the bank to the left, into the Intervale, but because of the new road now leading to the Refuse Disposal Grounds, this surface water would create severe damage to the road and adjoining banks. Note also the catch basin being constructed at the intersection of North Bend Street and Walnut Street shown in the background. The frost on this date was approximately 4 feet in depth.
Title: Sewer Projects (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-10-09; 1935-10-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 9, 1935 view of intersection of Route 7 (Shelburne Road or Street) and bottom of Ledge Road as it ascends up hill to the east. City street dept workmen do road or sewer construction. A dept. truck supplies power.
Title: Sewer Projects (Burlington, VT)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-10-09; 1935-10-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 9, 1935 view of intersection of Route 7 (Shelburne Road or Street) and bottom of Ledge Road as it ascends up hill to the east. City street dept workmen do road or sewer construction. A dept. truck supplies power.
Title: Streets, Roads: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-10-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 7, 1946. Institute Road Rock Excavation Street Widening Project showing new sidewalk construction work done by the city street dept. See also mcalA05F07i12
Title: Surveyors
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1932-12-20
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
December 20, 1932. Stadia survey party while on survey for city map and topography for sewer and drainage system in North portion of city.
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