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: ("Heineberg Bridge (Chittenden County, Vt.)")
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-01-23
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
First photograph of four comprising a panorama with the original caption: Opening of the New Heineberg Bridge between the City of Burlington and the Town of Colchester, VT. Jan. 23, 1937.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-01-23
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Second photograph of four comprising a panorama with the original caption: Opening of the new Heineberg Bridge between the City of Burlington and the Town of Colchester, VT. Jan. 23, 1937.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-01-23
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Third photograph of four comprising a panorama with the original caption: Opening of the new Heineberg Bridge between the City of Burlington and the Town of Colchester, VT. Jan. 23, 1937. The old and new bridges can be seen in this photograph.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-01-23
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Fourth photograph of four comprising a panorama with the original caption: Opening of the new Heineberg Bridge between the City of Burlington and the Town of Colchester, VT. Jan. 23, 1937.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of both Heineberg Bridges during the construction of the new bridge and approach roads.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph dated 1936 showing early stages of the construction project for the new Heineberg Bridge
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Original caption reads: W.P.M.S. Project 185A. Heineberg Bridge This is a view showing the fabrication of the new, steel Heineberg Bridge as seen from the down stream side of the project.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This view shows the new Heineberg Bridge. The new pavement is just being completed ... a steam roller can be seen to the right on the approach from the Burlington side.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This view shows the new Heineberg Bridge just after completion of the new pavement on the Burlington Approach as seen from the Burlington side.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This view shows the new Heineberg Bridge just before completion of the new pavement on the Burlington Approach.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The new Heineberg Bridge nearing completion.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The new steel Heineberg Bridge under construction.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1936-12-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
December 3, 1936. Heineberg Bridge. A view of the new bridge over the Winooski River from the downstream side taken after the steel work had been assembled.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (new)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View taken while on the new Heineberg Bridge looking back to the Burlington side.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (old)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of the old Heineberg Bridge.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (old)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-02-16
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph dated 2-16-35. Original caption reads: Heineberg Bridge looking north from the point a few feet southerly of the Burlington approach.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (old)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-03-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph dated Mar. 3, 1937, showing the result of a demolition blast on the mid river piling for the old Heineberg Bridge.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (old)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-03-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph dated Mar. 3, 1937, of an explosion during the demolition of the old Heineberg Bridge.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (old)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-02-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph dated Feb. 9, 1937, taken during the demolition of the old Heineberg Bridge.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (old)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-02-16
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph dated 2-16-35. Original caption reads: Recent break in main chord of downstream side at Colchester end of Heineberg Bridge.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (old)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-02-16
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph dated 2-16-35. Original caption reads: Heineberg Bridge from a point on the downstream side of the bridge. Note the sag in the lower chords.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (old)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph looking north toward the old Heineberg Bridge.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (old)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph of the old Heineberg Bridge taken from upstream
Title: Heineberg Bridge (old)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photograph looking north toward the old Heineberg Bridge, taken in winter.
Title: Heineberg Bridge (old)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-02-16
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph dated 2-16-35. Original caption reads: Heineberg Bridge from a point upstream. Note the sag in the chords and the damage to the projection over the right abatement done by recent high water.
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