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.) [29]
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- black-and-white photographs [23]
- photographs [23]
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- Construction projects [31]
- Dwellings [31]
- Street photography [25]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [24]
- Buildings [7]
- Buses [1]
- Business [1]
- Church buildings [1]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [1]
- Housing [1]
- University of Vermont [1]
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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: 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: Sewer Projects
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-10-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 7, 1946. Members of a crew work in a large trench at a sewer project site. The home of a resident is seen to the left.
Title: Sewer Projects
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931-04-24
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 24, 1931. View of long dry narrow trench as it stretches across a residential area at a sewer project site. Homes can be seen in the background.
Title: UVM - Housing (Temporary)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View looking southwest of temporary housing on main campus. The gym (now Royall Tyler Theatre) lies beyond the housing units, with Old Mill, and Williams off to the right. The temporary structures were replaced by the "shoebox" dormitories--Chittenden-Buckham-Wills--which were considered "international" in style. Dated 1947.
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