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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- Automobiles [167]
- Buildings [42]
- Business [27]
- Street photography [23]
- Traffic accidents [21]
- Landscape photography [11]
- Men [11]
- Burlington International Airport [8]
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- Children [3]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [3]
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- Vermont State Police [3]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [3]
- VermontEmergency Relief Administration [3]
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Topic: ("Automobiles")
Genre: ("black-and-white photographs")
Title: Animals
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of a Boston Terrier with no collar or harness sitting in a car seat. May be the same dog as seen in mcalA11F16i37 sitting in a car with a woman.
Title: Automobile Wrecks & Wreckers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
A Hope & Son wrecker transporting a demonlished car. Photograph taken in front of the Hope & Son garage.
Title: Automobile Wrecks & Wreckers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of the damage to the interior of a demolished car.
Title: Automobile Wrecks & Wreckers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph (no.2) of the damage to the interior of a demolished car. Angle of shot slightly different no.6
Title: Automobile Wrecks & Wreckers
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of a damaged automobile.
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of two unidentified women passengers and their driver in a touring car
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of a man standing by two cars parked in a field
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
1944/47? Photograph (no.2) of a man standing by two cars parked in a field (A third car now visible)
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of a SOCONY (Standard Oil of New York) tank truck. See also mcalB01F12i05
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of a TYDOL gas tank truck operated by the C.P. Smith Co. of Burlington, taken on St. Paul St. Caption reads: "Manufactured by Boston Steel Mfig Company Malden Mass"
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Side view of an automobile parked at McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave as seen from the right rear.
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Side view of an automobile parked in the driveway of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave ; taken from the right front.
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Side view of an automobile parked in the driveway of McAllister's home at 47 No. Winooski Ave ; seen here with trunk open taken from the right rear.
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1929-1960
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a car dealership show room. Large sign in the background to the left reads Lincoln Zephyr ; 1935/36?
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a 1935/36 Lincoln Zephyr automobile as seen in a dealership show room. It is a four door with the vee'd grill and white wall tires.
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photograph of a SOCONY (Standard Oil of New York) tank truck. See also mcalA01F05i04
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of a car that has been in an accident. License plate reads "61-253 Vermont 1935". Looks like the car has been moved from the accident scene and is now in a compound.
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the interior of a car that has been in an accident. 1935/36?
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-1936
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the interior of a car that has been in an accident. 1935/36?
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 that has been in a fender bender accident. Car is parked in the driveway. The house to the right is 57 No. Winooski Ave that is next door to McAllister's home in Burlington. 1935/36?
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An auto mechanic uses a rotary sander to smooth the finish on the front fender of an automobile. 1944/47?
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1945
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
An auto mechanic uses a rotary sander to smooth the finish on the front fender of a car. 1944/47?
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1946-1947
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of cars parked in a mechanic's garage. The vehicle to the far left reads "Queen City" on its front bumper. Location may be in the Burlington area. 1944/47?
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of McAllister's car parked in his driveway at 47 No. Winooski Ave in Burlington. The four door car is loaded with what looks to be wooden benches and and other wooden equipment he may have used when taking group photos. Photo was taken from a 2nd story window. 1944/47?
Title: Automobiles
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Photo of McAllister standing next to his car in the driveway of his home at 47 No. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Various wooden benches and planks are loaded on the car. Equipment he used when taking group photos. 1944/47?
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