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.) [51]
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- black-and-white photographs [60]
- photographs [60]
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- Steamboats [60]
- Ticonderoga (Steamship) [49]
- Railroad tracks [24]
- Boats and boating [11]
- Shelburne Shipyard, Inc [11]
- Museums [3]
- Shelburne Museum [3]
- Construction workers [2]
- Portrait photography [2]
- Animals [1]
- Automobiles [1]
- Bridges [1]
- Cows [1]
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Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-02-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
February 19, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga travels overland pulled by winches as it rides along double railroad tracks. On the left workman from the W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire work the rails while a family stands nearby on the right. Photo 136.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-02-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
February 19, 1955. Men work on the railroad tracks that the steamship Ticonderoga is traveling on. Photo 138.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-03-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 8, 1955. A helicopter flies over the steamship Ticonderoga as the paddle-boat makes it way along double railroad tracks to the Shelburne Museum. W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire oversaw the boat's overland journey. Photo 146.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-03-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 8, 1955. A helicopter flies over the steamship Ticonderoga as the paddle-boat makes it way along double railroad tracks to the Shelburne Museum. W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire oversaw the boat's overland journey. Photo 147.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-03-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 8, 1955. A helicopter flies over the steamship Ticonderoga as the paddle-boat makes it way along double railroad tracks to the Shelburne Museum. W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire oversaw the boat's overland journey.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A helicopter flies over the steamship Ticonderoga as the paddle-boat makes it way along double railroad tracks to the Shelburne Museum. W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire oversaw the boat's overland journey. Undated but probably March 1955.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-03-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 8, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga makes it way along double railroad tracks to the Shelburne Museum. W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire oversees the boat's overland journey. The truck bears the company's signs as does the side of the paddle-boat. Photo 144.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo but the winter of 1955 when the steamboat Ticonderoga was moved overland from Shelburne Bay to the Shelburne Museum. The ship rests on a cradle to which it is welded and moves along railroad tracks laid on the frozen ground. The move had to be made in winter in order for the ground to support the rails and the huge amount of weight they had to carry. A helicopter flies above the excursion boat.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-03-25
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
March 25, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga nears the Rutland Railroad tracks. The workmen are laying sections of temporary track leading up to the permanent ones. The plan is to have the boat cross the Rutland tracks between trains traveling north and south. The boat has traveled 9000 of its 9250 foot journey to the Shelburne Museum. Photo 152.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The steamship Ticonderoga nears the Rutland Railroad tracks. The workmen have prepared the ground before and after the tracks to receive the temporary sections of track needed for the boat to travel on. The ship will be guided in a berthing basin on the Shelburne Museum grounds. Undated but probably April 1955.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-04-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 5, 1955. Workmen of the W. B. Hill Company lay double tracks upon which the steamship Ticonderoga will cross the Rutland Railroad tracks. The boat nears the end of its overland journey to the Shelburne Museum. The permanent Rutland tracks are seen beneath the double tracks. Photo 159.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-02-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
February 19, 1955. The paddle-boat Ticonderoga waits while crewmen of the W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire lay 300 foot sections of double track upon which the steamship travels on its way to the Shelburne Museum. Photo 139.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-04-12
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 12, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga is positioned in the berthing basin on the grounds of the Shelburne Museum. Behind the ship is seen the Colchester Lighthouse, one of the buildings of the museum. Photo 162.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-04-12
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 12, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga is positioned in the berthing basin on the grounds of the Shelburne Museum. The paddle-boat has traveled 9250 feet from Shelburne Bay overland to its final resting place. Photo 163.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1955-04-12
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
April 12, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga is positioned in the berthing basin on the grounds of the Shelburne Museum. Behind the ship is seen the Colchester Lighthouse, one of the buildings of the museum. Photo 164.
Title: Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cows in the pasture of the Bicknell dairy farm stand next to the steamship Ticonderoga. The W. B. Hill Co., building movers of Tilton, New Hampshire, navigate the paddle-boat overland to the Shelburne Museum. Photo undated but probably March 1955.
![Thumbnail: Vermont [Steamboat]](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/mcallister/mcalA18F16i01-thumb.jpg)
Title: Vermont [Steamboat]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of the steamboat ferry, Vermont, owned by the Champlain Transportation Company, with a large number of people on deck and in the foreground. Undated. 1920s? 1930s? The original Vermont side wheeler was built in 1808 by John and James Winans in Burlington, Vermont. It sank in 1815 but its engine and boiler were recovered and sold to the Lake Champlain Steamboat Company.
![Thumbnail: Vermont [Steamboat]](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/mcallister/mcalA18F16i02-thumb.jpg)
Title: Vermont [Steamboat]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of the steamboat ferry, Vermont owned by the Champlain Transportation Company, with a large number of people on deck and in the foreground. Undated. 1920s? 1930s? The original Vermont side wheeler was built in 1808 by John and James Winans in Burlington, Vermont. It sank in 1815 but its engine and boiler were recovered and sold to the Lake Champlain Steamboat Company.
![Thumbnail: Vermont [Steamboat]](http://cdi.uvm.edu/archives/mcallister/mcalA18F16i03-thumb.jpg)
Title: Vermont [Steamboat]
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1929
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
The steamboat, Vermont, seen under the Crown Point Bridge spanning Lake Champlain between Vermont and New York state.
![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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