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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- Burlington International Airport [126]
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Topic: ("Burlington International Airport")
Title: Burlington Airport (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-11-27; 1934-11-27
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 27, 1934. Caption on photo "#19A 11-27-34 Municipal Air Project-looking South from North end of completed runway."
Title: Burlington Airport (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1939-11-16; 1939-11-16
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo dated Nov. 16, 1939. Construction site (probably runway expansion) at the Burlington Municipal Airport in Burlington, Vermont. Piece of equipment seen to the extreme right.
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
Sign over one of the main buildings reads Burlington Municipal Airport, Burlington, Vermont. Wind sock flies above the building. A propeller driven airplane sits to the right in the photo. Beacon tower seen just right of center.
Title: Burlington Airport (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1941-09-27; 1941-09-27
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
September 27, 1941. Burlington Municipal Airport, WPA (Work Projects Administration) Project. This view is looking in a northwesterly direction near the intersection of the northerly end of the north-south runway. In the foreground at the right can be seen the cold plant mix asphalt pavement being constructed three inches in thickness on top of the asphalt emulsion soil stabilization base shown in the left half of the picture. Note the six wheel power graders used in spreading the plant mix.
Title: Burlington Airport (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1941-09-04; 1941-09-04
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
September 4, 1941. Burlington Municipal Airport, WPA (Work Projects Administration) Project. This view is taken from the extreme southerly end of the new diagonal runway looking in the northwesterly direction. The equipment in the foreground is completing the mixing and spreading of the asphalt emulsion soil stabilization base. The windrows of mixed soil base can be seen in the left foreground as well as the final application of emulsified asphalt which has just been applied to the area in the right foreground which is being bladed into the surface to enrich the top one inch in depth.
Title: Burlington Airport (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1941-09-27; 1941-09-27
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
September 27, 1941. Burlington Municipal Airport, WPA (Work Projects Administration) Project. This view is taken from the extreme southerly end of the diagonal runway looking in a northwesterly direction across the intersection of the easterly end of the east-west runway. This entire area has just been completed with the three inch cold plant mix pavement. The ten ton tandem roller can be seen at the left rolling the newly laid pavement while the construction crew are laying similar mixtures at the northerly end of the runway shown in the background.
Title: Burlington Airport (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1941-09-27; 1941-09-27
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
September 27, 1941. Burlington Municipal Airport, WPA (Work Projects Administration) Project. This view is taken from a point at the intersection of the center line of the diagonal runway with the easterly shoulder of the north-south runway as shown by the joint across the foreground of the picture. The crew is laying cold asphalt plant mix three inches in thickness on the 4 1/2 inch stabilized base. Camel's Hump can be seen in the background almost directly in line with the center line of the runway.
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
Dec. 13, 1937. Snow plow in operation, possibly at the Burlington Airport.
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 photograph of a snow plow in operation, possibly at the Burlington Airport.
Title: Earhart, Amelia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph taken at the Burlington Airport of eight men and women standing in front of a small airplane. A labeled and string wrapped package rests on the ground. A logo with a winged horse and the letters "FA" seen on plane's tail. May be 1934.
Title: Earhart, Amelia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 22, 1934 photo of the occasion of Amelia Earhart's first visit to Burlington. Original caption reads: Burlington Municipal Airport, Mayor Burke welcoming Amelia Earhart. Left with back to camera is Mayor James Burke, the boy with the pillow is Jack Shearer with the Key to the City, to the right is Mrs. J. P. Dower (member of the Zonta Club)
Title: Earhart, Amelia
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
May 22, 1934 photo on the occasion of Amelia Earhart's first visit to Burlington for Women's Day. Original caption reads: Burlington Municipal Airport. Mayor James Burke center holding his hat, Amelia in center, Jack Shearer is the boy with pillow and Key to the City, Mrs. J. P. Dower to the right. In the back (between Burke and Earhart) is Mrs. A. H. Heiniger who was a passenger. Former Mayor Spear (in tweed jacket) is just behind Jack.
Title: Portraits - Unidentified Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936; 1935-1936
1935 / 1936 winter photo of a group of well-dressed, influential men standing in front of an airplane, presumably at Burlington Int'l Airport. On the left is a delivery truck owned by Railway Express Agency, which had headquarters at 111 St. Paul St., Burlington. The City Directory lists Herbert E. Fitch as agent. Also on the left: a boy with his dog that sits on a crate with sign "Live Dog". Occasion and purpose of photo unknown.
Title: Portraits - Unidentified Groups
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
1935 / 1936 winter photo of a group of well-dressed, influential men standing in front of an airplane, presumably at Burlington Airport. On the left is a delivery truck owned by Railway Express Agency, which had headquarters at 111 St. Paul St., Burlington. The City Directory lists Herbert E. Fitch as agent. Also on the left: a boy with his dog that sits on top of crate with sign "Live Dog". Occasion and purpose of photo unknown. (See also mcalB15F12i13.)
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A formal portrait of a propeller driven airplane sitting in a open field with 20 men standing and kneeling beside it. The word SHELL is printed on the side of the plane. See also mcalA15F08i10.
Title: Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel arch with a workman up top. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington. Photo #1.
Title: Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel arches. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington. Photo #2.
Title: Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel arch with a workman up top. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington.
Title: Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel arches with three men standing near the contractors sign and two workmen behind. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington. Photo #8.
Title: Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel structure and workmen. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington. Photo #6.
Title: Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel structure and workmen. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington. Photo #5.
Title: Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel arches, workmen and contractors sign. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington. Photo #4.
Title: Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel arches and workmen. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington. Photo #3.
Title: Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the steel arches and workmen. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington
Title: Vermont National Guard Hangar - Construction (Burlington Morrissey)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1947. Construction of the Vermont National Guard Hangar in Burlington showing the three men of the company on site with contractors sign in background. Work by Wright & Morrissey Contractors of Burlington.
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