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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Place(s)
- Burlington (Vt.) [289]
- Colchester (Vt.) [16]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [13]
- Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.) [12]
- Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.) [11]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [7]
- Winooski (Vt.) [6]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [4]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [2]
- Mallets Bay (Vt.) [2]
- Camp MacArthur (Vt.) [1]
- St. Albans (Vt.) [1]
- Waitsfield (Vt.) [1]
- Williston (Vt.) [1]
Format(s)
- image [450]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [435]
- photographs [435]
Topic(s)
- Architectural photography [450]
- Buildings [330]
- Dwellings [113]
- Construction projects [97]
- Housing [53]
- High school buildings [26]
- Street photography [25]
- Hospitals [24]
- Landscape photography [24]
- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [24]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [20]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [20]
- Auditoriums [19]
- Business [19]
- Construction workers [17]
- United StatesPublic Works Administration. [17]
- Automobiles [16]
- Gymnasiums [16]
- Camps [12]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [12]
- University of Vermont [11]
- Chapels [7]
- Department stores [7]
- Portrait photography [7]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [7]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [6]
- Employees [6]
- Machinery [6]
- Men [6]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [6]
- S.S. Kresge Company [6]
- Bank buildings [5]
- Barns [5]
- Flowers [5]
- Women [5]
- Animals [4]
- Burlington Asphalt Plant (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
- Burlington Federal Savings [4]
- Family [4]
- Fanny Allen Hospital [4]
- American Legion [3]
- Chairs [3]
- Farmhouses [3]
- Motels [3]
- Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont) [3]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Street signs [3]
- Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [3]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [2]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Classrooms [2]
- College graduates [2]
- Drugstores [2]
- Farms [2]
- Furniture [2]
- High school students [2]
- Railroad tracks [2]
- Sand and gravel mines and mining [2]
- Service stations [2]
- Shelburne Shipyard, Inc [2]
- Theaters [2]
- Trucks [2]
- United Service Organizations (U.S.) [2]
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [2]
- Young women [2]
- A.D. Pease Grain Co. [1]
- Airplanes [1]
- Banners [1]
- Bridges [1]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Camping [1]
- Children [1]
- Christmas greens [1]
- City Hall Park (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- College students [1]
- Flood damage [1]
- Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Hotels [1]
- Merchants National Bank (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Nuns [1]
- Priests [1]
- Rifles [1]
- Shelburne Public School (Shelburne, Vt.) [1]
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Saint Albans, Vt.) [1]
- Stores, Retail [1]
- Toys [1]
- Van Ness House [1]
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Topic: ("Architectural photography")
Title: A.D. Pease Grain Co.
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A 1951/1952 photograph of the A. D. Pease Grain Co. located at the foot of College Street, Burlington.
Title: American Legion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
American Legion building. Listed in the city and telephone directories as being on Malletts Bay Ave. in Winooski in the 1940s. The large painted brick building is seen here adorned with patriotic buntings and banners. 1945/1947?
Title: American Legion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
American Legion building. Listed in the city and telephone directories as being on Malletts Bay Ave. in Winooski in the 1940s. The large painted brick building is seen here adorned with patriotic buntings and banners. 1945/1947?
Title: American Legion
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
American Legion building. Listed in the city and telephone directories as being on Malletts Bay Ave. in Winooski in the 1940s. The large painted brick building is seen here adorned with patriotic buntings and banners. 1945/1947?
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a car parked in McAllister's driveway at his home located at 47 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington. Seen on the porch is a portion of his sign "McAllister" 1944/47?
Title: Automobiles - Sales and Service (Q-Z)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1951
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1951 Yandow Motor Company. So. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Vt View of the parking lot of used cars for sale. Car dealership. Spring.
Title: Buildings - Mechanical Equipment
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of the remains of a small stone building. The roof is gone, the window frames are empty and one can see into the building to the other end.
Title: Buildings - Mechanical Equipment
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1952
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a narrow passage way leading to a door above which is some type of metal mechanical device. Path is sandwiched in between the wall of building on the left and a brick building on the right with a wire fence.
Title: Buildings - Mechanical Equipment
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1953
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of what may be a roof top during construction or repair? Undated. Summer, Fall, Winter
Title: Buildings - Mechanical Equipment
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1949
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of what may be a multi door garage? Undated. Summer, Fall, Winter
Title: Buildings: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Brick building on rocks
Title: Buildings: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
White painted wood building with large doors and fuel pump
Title: Buildings: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Two story brick unlandscaped building at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester, Vermont
Title: Buildings: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
White building with clerestory windows in landscape. Marble Island (Lake Champlain Club?) Colchester, VT See also mcalB10F25i05 and mcalB10F25i03
Title: Buildings: Unidentified
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
White factory building with clerestory windows in winter landscape. See also mcalB10F25i03
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1939; 1937; 1939
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 8, 1937. Construction of a building (hangar) at the Burlington Municipal Airport (to become Burlington International Airport). A propeller driven airplane sits near the structure. Photographer's embossed name is seen in the lower right just above the date.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1939; 1937; 1939
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction project at the Burlington Municipal Airport (to become Burlington International Airport). This view shows the Hangar as it appeared on June 8, 1937, with a lean-to nearly completed and the timber work constructed to the level of the eaves.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1939; 1937; 1939
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of the Burlington Municipal Airport hangar in this June 11, 1937 photo. Timber framework is being built. Construction workers seen around and on top.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1939; 1937; 1939
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This view shows the new timber hangar as it appeared June 11, 1937 during the early stages of construction at the Burlington Municipal Airport.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937; 1939; 1937; 1939
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of the hangar at the Burlington Municipal Airport in this dated June 15, 1937 photo. Timber framework going up. Construction workers can be seen on top. McAllister's name embossed in the lower right above handwritten date.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-06-15; 1937-06-15
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of the hangar at the Burlington Municipal Airport in this dated June 15, 1937 photo. Timber framework going up. Construction workers can be seen on top. McAllister's name embossed in the lower right above handwritten date.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-06-22; 1937-06-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of the hangar at the Burlington Municipal Airport in this dated photo of June 22, 1937. Construction workers can be seen on top. Row of supplies seen at the base of the building near a ladder.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-06-22; 1937-06-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
This view shows the new Hangar at the Burlington Municipal Airport as it appeared on June 22, 1937. The first 100 feet heavy timber truss can be seen partly erected in the upper right of the picture.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-06-29; 1937-06-29
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the construction of the hangar at the Burlington Municipal Airport in a dated photo June 29, 1937. Solid wooden covering up the timber framework. McAllister's embossed name seen in the lower right just above the handwritten date.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-07-13; 1937-07-13
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 13, 1937 dated photo of the construction of the hangar at the Burlington Municipal Airport.
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