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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- Champlain, Lake [2]
- Colchester (Vt.) [1]
- Johnson (Vt.) [1]
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- black-and-white photographs [83]
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- Service stations [83]
- Business [32]
- Buildings [23]
- Automobiles [12]
- Interior architecture [10]
- Men [3]
- Street photography [3]
- Architectural photography [2]
- Canoes and canoeing [2]
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- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Landscape photography [2]
- Auditoriums [1]
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Topic: ("Service stations")
Genre: ("black-and-white photographs")
Title: Business Enterprises - I-Z
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Auto filling / service / gas station.
Title: Champlain, Lake
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A small shed with a fuel filling pump and a canoe are to the right. A wooden dock juts out into Lake Champlain. Birch and other trees surround the area. Date unknown. Marble Island, Colchester, Vt. - Lakefront.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s Battery St. and Pearl St. (now Lafountain Street) Tydol gas filling station and attendant at the corner of Battery and Pearl Streets. View is to the west showing Adirondack Mountains.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Amoco gas and services station in South Hero, Vermont.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Brick service station with sign "Socony Lubrication Service." Socony stood for Standard Oil Company of New York, one of the companies that merged to form Mobil Oil Corporation. Close up of mcalA11F08i12 not showing gas pumps.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
North Winooski and Grant Burlington. Tydol gas station and elm trees.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
North Winooski and Grant Burlington. Amoco, American Oil Company, service station at the intersection of North Winooski Avenue and Grant Street, showing elm trees and houses.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
North Winooski Ave. Burlington. Brick Tydol, gas and service station on North Winooski Avenue and elm trees. Night view of mcalA11F08i08.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Brick Tydol, gas and service station on North Winooski Avenue and elm trees.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Socony, Standard Oil of New York, gas filling station with sign "Jeff's." View from the left side of mcalA11F08i10.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Socony, Standard Oil of New York, gas filling station with sign "Jeff's." View from the right side of mcalA11F08i09.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Socony gas filling station with sign "Levesque's" with single gas pump and house.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Brick service station with sign "Socony Lubrication Service." Socony stood for Standard Oil Company of New York, one of the companies that merged to for Mobil Oil Corporation. More distant view of mcalA11F08i04 showing gas pumps, street, and adjacent house.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1930s Battery St. and Pearl St. (now Lafountain Street) Tydol gas filling station and attendant at the corner of Battery and Pearl Streets. View is to the west showing Adirondack Mountains.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Shelburne Rd. and Ledge Rd. Gas filling station at Shelburne Road and Ledge Road that looks like it is a converted railroad or trolley car.
Title: Gas Stations
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
173-183 St. Paul St. Socony gas and service station on St. Paul Street. Three people, two men and a woman are standing out front. There are three automobiles, one of which has advertising painted on it, Austin Garage Co.
Title: Johnson, VT (Shell Garage)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An attendant pours lubricant into a car's engine at a Shell gasoline service station in Johnson, Vermont. A large sign reads "Shellubrication, the modern upkeep service" Dated 1944.
Title: Johnson, VT (Shell Garage)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Shell Garage in Johnson, Vermont. Photo dated 1944. A mechanic works on the engine of a truck
Title: Johnson, VT (Shell Garage)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Shell Garage in Johnson, Vermont. Photo dated 1944. A mechanic adds air to a tire of a car.
Title: Johnson, VT (Shell Garage)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Shell Garage in Johnson, Vermont. Photo dated 1944. A mechanic works on the engine of a truck
Title: Johnson, VT (Shell Garage)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Shell Garage in Johnson, Vermont. Photo dated 1944. A mechanic works on the under side of a vehicle.
Title: Marble Island - Lakefront
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A small shed with a fuel filling pump and a canoe are to the right. A wooden dock juts out into Lake Champlain. Birch and other trees surround the area. Date unknown. Marble Island, Colchester, Vt. - Lakefront. See also mcalA08F11i07
Title: Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Tydol Gasoline exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing automotive supplies.
Title: Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Socony automotive exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing anti-freeze supplies for the automobiles. See also mcalA17F08i03
Title: Memorial Auditorium, Burlington - Exhibitions
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Tydol Gasoline exhibition at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont showing automotive supplies.
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