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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- Shelburne (Vt.) [43]
- Champlain, Lake [17]
- Burlington (Vt.) [15]
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- image [62]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [62]
- photographs [62]
Topic(s)
- Shelburne Shipyard, Inc [62]
- Ships [34]
- Boats and boating [29]
- Warships [28]
- Machinery [16]
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Topic: ("Shelburne Shipyard, Inc")
Genre: ("black-and-white photographs")
Title: Donovan Construction Company, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944-04-16
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 16, 1944 Launching of sub-chaser SC 1504 onto Lake Champlain. Built by Donovan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minn. at the Shelburne Shipyard in Vermont. Company locally called Donovan Contracting. Photo #6.
Title: Donovan Construction Company, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 16, 1944 Sub-chaser SC 1504 onto Lake Champlain Built by Donovan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minn. at the Shelburne Shipyard in Vermont. Company locally called Donovan Contracting. Seen to the far right is the steamboat Ticonderoga, that traveled on the lake from Burlington, Vt to Port Kent, NY until 1953. Photo #4.
Title: Donovan Construction Company, Burlington
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 31, 1942 historic double launching of two sub-chasers. Both ships built by Donovan Construction Company of St. Paul, Minn. at the Shelburne Shipyard in Vermont. Company locally called Donovan Contracting. Bunting and American flags adorn the bows. SC1029 keel laid 4/27/42. Launched 8/31/42. Commissioned 11/16/42. Transferred to France 10/30/44. SC1030 built at Donovan Contracting Co., Shelburne, Vt. Keel laid 5/4/42. Launched 8/31/42. Commissioned 11/16/42. Transferred to France 10/2/44. Photo #8.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of the Marine Railway building and apparatus used in maneuvering the boats.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Dry dock cradle at the edge of the shore of Lake Champlain at the Shelburne Shipyard seen with its tracks and heavy metal chains attached. Picture shows keel, blocks, bilge blocks and docking platform. A ferry boat is in the far distance to the extreme left.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the Marine Railway building at Shelburne Shipyard with some of its machinery. Erected 1929 for the Champlain Transportation Company.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Boat in dry dock showing the wooden cradle supports.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Part of the rails, roller tracks, chains and machinery used in maneuvering large boats at the Shelburne Shipyard. This is at the water's edge.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Portion of the roller tracks used to maneuver boats at the Shelburne Shipyard. This is at the water's edge.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of the heavy chains part of the machinery that maneuvers the heavy boats at the Shelburne Shipyard.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of metal machinery wheel and chain inside the Marine Railway building at the Shelburne Shipyard.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of the heavy chains part of the machinery that maneuvers the heavy boats at the Shelburne Shipyard.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of the inside of the Marine Railway building at the Shelburne Shipyard. View of some of the machinery that maneuvers the boats.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Exterior of the Maine Railway building showing some of the heavy chains and machinery used to maneuver the boats.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the line of tracks leading to the shore and the partially submerged dry dock cradle.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View while on the cradle hauled out on track looking toward the Marine Railway building at the Shelburne Shipyard. Undated but late 1920s, early 1930?
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two crew men from the Shelburne Shipyard stand on the huge boat cradle that is partially submerged in the waters of Lake Champlain.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Is this the underside of the steamboat Vermont with a view of its paddlewheel in dry dock at the Shelburne Shipyard? See also mcalA18F16i06 for another view.
Title: Shelburne Shipyard
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two crew men from the Shelburne Shipyard stand on the huge boat cradle that is partially submerged in the waters of Lake Champlain.
![Thumbnail: Vermont [Steamboat]](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/mcallister/mcalA18F16i04-thumb.jpg)
Title: Vermont [Steamboat]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the steamboat Vermont III on the cradle at the Shelburne Shipyard just a the water's edge of Lake Champlain. The boat is perhaps being maneuvered into dry dock.
![Thumbnail: Vermont [Steamboat]](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/mcallister/mcalA18F16i05-thumb.jpg)
Title: Vermont [Steamboat]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vermont (steamboat) rests in its cradle in dry dock at the Shelburne Shipyard, Shelburne, Vermont. Late 1920s, early 1930?
![Thumbnail: Vermont [Steamboat]](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/mcallister/mcalA18F16i06-thumb.jpg)
Title: Vermont [Steamboat]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The Vermont III (steamboat) in dry dock at the Shelburne Shipyard with a workman working on its underside. See also mcalA17F04i18 for another view. Late 1920s, early 1930?
![Thumbnail: Vermont [Steamboat]](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/mcallister/mcalA18F16i07-thumb.jpg)
Title: Vermont [Steamboat]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The steamboat Vermont III rests in its dry dock cradle as it is maneuvered out of the waters of Lake Champlain. Late 1920s, early 1930?
![Thumbnail: Vermont [Steamboat]](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/mcallister/mcalA18F16i08-thumb.jpg)
Title: Vermont [Steamboat]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Vermont III (steamboat) in dry dock at the Shelburne Shipyard.
![Thumbnail: Vermont [Steamboat]](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/mcallister/mcalA18F16i10-thumb.jpg)
Title: Vermont [Steamboat]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Side wheeler Vermont III, a steamboat ferry, seen lifted out of the waters of Lake Champlain at the Shelburne Shipyard.
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