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.) [61]
- Winooski (Vt.) [5]
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- image [67]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [64]
- photographs [64]
Topic(s)
- Street-railroad tracks [67]
- Street photography [59]
- Construction projects [38]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [31]
- Construction workers [24]
- Bridges [3]
- Buildings [3]
- Post office buildings [3]
- Automobiles [2]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Men [2]
- Portrait photography [2]
- Van Ness House [2]
- Billboards [1]
- Drugstores [1]
- Flood damage [1]
- Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Snow removal [1]
- Street signs [1]
- Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Theaters [1]
- Tractors [1]
- Trucks [1]
- Waste disposal in the ground [1]
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Topic: ("Street-railroad tracks")
Title: Burlington Streets: Union St.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated view of the intersection of Main and So. Union streets during trolley track removal project by the Burlington Street Dept. Corner street sign identifies the location. A portion of the street has had the rails removed and has been filled in. Further up the street the empty trenches have not yet been filled. A danger sign warns motorists.
Title: Burlington Streets: Union St.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated photo of So. Union Street showing the trolley tracks removed and the empty trenches where they once were. Dwellings line the street many with sloping lawns.
Title: Burlington Streets: Williams St.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931; 10-01
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 1, 1931. View of No. Williams Street looking north from Pearl Street during road construction by the Burlington Street Dept. Trolley tracks still in place along Pearl Street as are the overhead cable wires. To the left is No. 366 Pearl Street. Also to the left is No. 15 No. Williams Street and to the extreme right is No. 380 Pearl.
Title: Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1931; 10-31
October 31, 1931. View looking south on South Winooski Ave. from Pearl Street. Trolley tracks still visible in the road bed but overhead cable are gone as the trolleys were no longer being used as of 1929. To the left is the First Congregational Church. To the right on the corner is Charles Bombard barber shop at No. 1 So. Winooski. Carl D. Densmore Co. sign for monumental work at 7 So. Winooski. Yandow Tire & Battery Co, Inc. at No. 11 - 15.
Title: Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 09-17
Photograph dated Sept. 17, 1928 with a view of North Winooski Ave. looking northward from near Pearl Street. The trolley tracks can be clearly seen. The Rugoff Electrical Co. (to the right) was located at 10 North Winooski Ave.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Five men stand outside near some tracks and a stone wall. Behind them is a large rocky ledge with trees and other vegetation. The man in the center is in uniform and carries a whistle in his hand.
Title: Portraits, groups, unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Five men stand outside near some tracks and a stone wall. Behind them is a large rocky ledge with trees and other vegetation. The man in the center is in uniform and carries a whistle in his hand. They all wear a metal on their jackets.
Title: Street Repair
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943-16-25; 1943-06-25
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 25, 1943. Trolley track rail removal project. Church Street retail stores seen to the right include Hayes and Carney Men's Clothes, Western Union office, City Hall (distant right) See also mcalA04F05i07 and mcalA04F05i05 (with note "reshot")
Title: Street Repair
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; 1943
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Salvage Project. Trolley track Rail Removal Project, Burlington, Vermont. This view taken in front of Burlington City Hall (right) while the last rail was being pulled on June 25, 1943, shows the special rail pulling equipment including the device for the "rolling pull" on the rail shown at the end of the "A" frame. See also mcalA04F04i12
Title: Street Repair
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943-16-25; 1943-6-25
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 25, 1943 lower Church Street removal of trolley track. Store fronts line the street and include Gover's Radio Shop at 128 Church seen to the left. Next to it is Farmers Production Credit Association at No. 132, Howe's Market at No. 134. See also mcalA04F04i11
Title: Street Repair
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Undated (but may be 1940s) photo of Salvage Project. Trolley Track Rail Removal Project in front of Burlington City Hall on Church Street.
Title: Street Repair
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943-06-25; 1943-06-25
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 25, 1943. Trolley track rail removal project. Church Street retail stores seen to the left include Hayes and Carney Men's Clothes, Western Union office.
Title: Streets, Roads: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
September 17, 1928. Trolley tracks can be seen running down the middle of this Burlington city street.
Title: Streets, Roads: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
September 17, 1928. Trolley tracks run down the middle of the Burlington city street.
Title: Winooski Bridge
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the Winooski Bridge with trolley tracks in the pavement looking up Colchester Ave. on the Burlington side. Lower Winooski Road (Riverside Ave) bears to the right.
Title: Winooski Bridge
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1943-06-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 3, 1943. This view shows a close-up of the "A" frame and special attachment for a "rolling pull". In removing the (trolley track) rails on this project without the aid of a cutting torch and with very little damage to the pavement.
Title: Winooski Bridge (Old)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of a lot of stone rubble with dislodged tracks and exposed sewer pipes. Damage created by the 1927 flood.
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