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 (Vt.) [130]
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- Shelburne (Vt.) [11]
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- Vergennes (Vt.) [1]
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- black-and-white photographs [274]
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- Dwellings [274]
- Buildings [131]
- Architectural photography [112]
- Housing [63]
- Street photography [47]
- Women [22]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [19]
- Brides [18]
- Bridegrooms [17]
- Children [16]
- College students [16]
- Greek letter societies [16]
- Young women [15]
- Family [14]
- Men [13]
- Weddings [13]
- Animals [10]
- Marriage [10]
- Landscape photography [9]
- Girls [8]
- Business [7]
- Furniture [7]
- Museums [6]
- Automobiles [5]
- Cake [5]
- Dolls [5]
- Soldiers [5]
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- Street-railroad tracks [5]
- First communion [4]
- Shelburne Museum [4]
- Toys [4]
- Chairs [3]
- Christmas greens [3]
- Boys [2]
- Circus performers [2]
- Construction workers [2]
- Flowers [2]
- Mobile homes [2]
- Reunions [2]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
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- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [1]
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- Robert Hull Fleming Museum [1]
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- Vergennes Inn (Vt.) [1]
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Title: Burlington Streets: Prospect Street (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931; 11-14
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 14, 1931. View of So. Prospect Street looking north. On the right is Slade Hall, a Colonial/Georgian Revival styled dormitory built in 1928 for the University of Vermont. On the left from the foreground backward is 443 So. Prospect, No. 433 and then No. 429. One of many photos taken by McAllister for the Burlington Street Dept showing repaved street. More information on this photo can be found on the web site UVM Historic Burlington Project / South of Pearl Street photographs.
Title: Burlington Streets: Union St.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 20, 1928. View is South Union looking north from Main Street showing the finished pavement of 2" black base with 2" asphalt top constructed on old telford base done by the Burlington Street Dept. Memorial Auditorium is to the left at the northwest corner of South Union and Main Streets. On the same side of the street just to the north is the College Street Congregational Church. On the right are residences no longer in existence. See UVM's Historic Burlington Project, Burlington, Vermont, South of Pearl Street photographs from 1930s 1940s for more information.
Title: Burlington Streets: Union St.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of So. Union Street showing the trolley tracks removed and the empty trenches where they once were. Dwellings line the street many with sloping lawns.
Title: Burlington Streets: Union St.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1938; 10-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 10, 1938. Intersection of Pearl Street and North Union (to the right of the photo) and South Union (leading to the left). Street Dept. crew works near the street sign post at the corner of No. Union (extreme right). To the left across Pearl Street is No. 233 Pearl (built in 1814).
Title: Burlington Streets: Williams St.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931; 10-20
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 20, 1931. Photo # 1. View looking south toward Pearl Street during street construction project by the city street dept. showing Mixed In Place Asphalt Macadam - Showing surface after flush coat had been applied and a light carpet of sand to aid in rolling and to render surface more dense. Dwellings seen on both sides of the street.
Title: Burlington Streets: Williams St.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931; 10-01
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1, 1931. View of No. Williams Street looking north from Pearl Street during road construction by the Burlington Street Dept. Trolley tracks still in place along Pearl Street as are the overhead cable wires. To the left is No. 366 Pearl Street. Also to the left is No. 15 No. Williams Street and to the extreme right is No. 380 Pearl.
Title: Burlington Streets: Williams St.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931; 10-20
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 20, 1931. Photo # 2. View of Williams Street during road construction by the Burlington Street Dept. Here a steam roller smooths the road surface. Caption reads "Same as #1 after rolling."
Title: Burlington Streets: Williams St.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931; 10-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 19, 1931. View of Williams Street during road construction by the Burlington Street Dept. 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: Williams St.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931; 10-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 19, 1931. View of Williams Street looking south toward Pearl Street during road construction by the Burlington Street Dept. 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: Circus People
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of the living quarters inside her trailer of a lady of the circus. Same lady as seen in mcalA09F08i05 and 06. The Circus may have been an independent organization that traveled to Vermont and set up at the Champlain Valley Exposition fairgrounds. 1940s-50s?
Title: Circus People
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo contact sheet that includes photos of the trailer living quarters and portrait photos of the lady of the circus. Same lady as seen in mcalA09F08i05, 06 and 07. 1940s-50s?
Title: Converse Home (for Aged Women)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1935 photo of the Converse Home (for aged women) located at 272 Church Street, Burlington, Vermont with several women seated and standing in a parlor like room. They each wear a hat of one particular style.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1957
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
57 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington, Vermont.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
45 So. Willard Street and 134 Buell Street. Three story clapboard house at the intersection of Buell St. and So. Willard St., Burlington, Vermont as the street sign states. The Buell St entrance is at the stairs seen at the far left.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
380 Pearl Street, Burlington, Vermont at the corner of No. Williams Street. Sign on the upper story balcony reads "W. M. Adams, General Contractor and Builder, Burlington, phone 928" Walter M. Adams also advertised as working in sand, gravel and cement work. Referred to as the Loomis-Van Patten House, some of its history can be read in "History Guide to Burlington Neighborhoods by David J. Blow.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
200 Loomis St., Burlington, Vermont (The Nervine originally) Present site of 89 No. Prospect Street.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The Randall Inn, 98 College St., Burlington, Vermont. Listed in the 1927 City Directory with names Mrs. Margaret and Walter M. Randall with small picture of the house; in the 1931 City Directory as having "tourists' accommodations, large outside rooms, garage, all rooms newly refurnished and with continuous hot and cold water also rooms with private bath, permanent guests desired through the winter." Chauncey W. Smith, manager. Larger photo appears in the the 1935 City Directory. No longer exists.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
47 No. Winooski Ave. Sign on the porch reads McAllister. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as living and having his photo business at this address from 1916 to 1962.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
134 Buell Street entrance (at center stairs). Three story clapboard house at the intersection of Buell St. and So. Willard St., Burlington, Vermont. There is also a 45 So. Willard St entrance.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
47 No. Winooski Ave. Sign on the porch reads McAllister. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as living and having his photo business at this address from 1916 to 1962.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
47 No. Winooski Ave. Sign on the porch reads McAllister. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as having his photo business here and living at this address from 1916 to 1962.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
47 No. Winooski Ave. Sign on the porch reads McAllister. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as living and having his photo business at this address from 1916 to 1962.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Icicles hang from the eaves of 47 No. Winooski Ave. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as having his photo business here and living at this address from 1916 to 1962.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Icicles hang from upper story of 47 No. Winooski Ave. The city directories for Burlington list Louis L. McAllister as living and having his photo business at this address from 1916 to 1962.
Title: Houses - Identified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
57 No. Winooski Ave (next door to McAllister's No. 47) in Burlington, Vermont. One time location of Bert J. Buker, real estate and later of Dr. Charles A. Ravey.
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