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.) [27]
- Champlain, Lake [15]
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- image [36]
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- Oil storage tanks [36]
- Construction projects [22]
- Landscape photography [18]
- Buildings [3]
- Construction workers [3]
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Topic: ("Oil storage tanks")
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953-06-24; 1953-06-24
June 24, 1953 landscape photo of Texaco oil tank construction site at lake shore. Boys play on the beach while sun bathers are seen far right.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
June 8, 1953 photo of Texaco oil tank construction area on the shore of Lake Champlain. Various vehicles and supplies on site.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953-06-24; 1953-06-24
June 24, 1953 photo of Texaco oil tank construction area on the shore of Lake Champlain.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953; 1953
1953 photo of Texaco oil tank construction area on the shore of Lake Champlain. Various vehicles and supplies on site.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Lake front Texaco buildings and tanks with view looking across Lake Champlain toward New York state.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
November 1, 1952 photo of oil tanks near shore front of Lake Champlain.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Not dated but is a Nov 1,1952 photo of oil tanks near shore front of Lake Champlain. See also mcalB13F25i15.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952; 1952
Nov. 1, 1952 photo of oil tanks near shore front of Lake Champlain.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1937
1937 photo of Texaco oil tanks and buildings. Wire fencing encloses the structures.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1937
1937 photo of Texaco oil tanks and buildings near shore front of Lake Champlain. View looking west across the lake.
Title: Oil Tank Construction - Texaco
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Undated photo of five oil storage tanks on the water front of Burlington and Lake Champlain. Texaco buildings in center distance.
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