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.) [276]
- Winooski (Vt.) [10]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [3]
- Potash Brook (Vt.) [2]
- Champlain, Lake [1]
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- image [352]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [278]
- photographs [278]
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- Construction workers [352]
- Construction projects [329]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [199]
- Street photography [181]
- Buildings [37]
- Champlain Transportation Company [21]
- Business [20]
- Architectural photography [17]
- United StatesPublic Works Administration. [16]
- Sewage disposal [14]
- Stores, Retail [13]
- Bridges [12]
- Portrait photography [12]
- Employees [10]
- Urban parks [9]
- Machinery [8]
- Tractors [8]
- Church buildings [7]
- VermontEmergency Relief Administration [7]
- Billboards [6]
- Railroad trains [6]
- United StatesWork Projects Administration. [6]
- Automobiles [5]
- Railroad tracks [5]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [4]
- Street signs [4]
- Theaters [4]
- Waste disposal sites [4]
- Men [3]
- Oil storage tanks [3]
- Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Ticonderoga (Steamship) [3]
- Tractors Equipment and supplies [3]
- University of Vermont [3]
- Waste disposal in the ground [3]
- Cemeteries [2]
- Department stores [2]
- Drugstores [2]
- Dwellings [2]
- Interior architecture [2]
- New England Telephone and Telegraph Company [2]
- Post office buildings [2]
- S.S. Kresge Company [2]
- Service stations [2]
- Steamboats [2]
- Boys [1]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Chapels [1]
- Fletcher Free Library [1]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [1]
- Horses [1]
- Hospitals [1]
- Hotels [1]
- Housing [1]
- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Tank trucks [1]
- Young men [1]
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Topic: ("Construction workers")
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Workers constructing bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Bridges, Potash Brook
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Workers constructing bridge improvement, Potash Brook, South Burlington
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934; 1935; 1934; 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 20, 1935. Photo #6. Caption on photo reads "#6 Burlington Vt. 6-20-35 VERA (Vermont Emergency Relief Administration) Proj # 402-B15-1 Burlington Municipal Airport - Distribution of Bitumuls and blade grater following and leveling prior to light compacting of surface." Show industrial road construction vehicles of 1935 with operators.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934; 1935; 1934; 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 20, 1935. Photo #7. Caption on photo reads "#7 Burlington Vt 6-20-35 VERA (Vermont Emergency Relief Administration) Proj. #402-B151 Burlington Municipal Airport - Tractor and spring tooth horrows mixing dry aggregate prior to application of Bitumuls. Shows workmen and tractor with operator.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934; 1935; 1934; 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 21, 1935. Photo #9. Caption on photo reads "#9 Burlington Vt VERA (Vermont Emergency Relief Administration) Proj-#402- 1 6, 6-21-35 Burlington Municipal Airport - 6" corrugated metal pipe perforated and asphalt coated before filling trench with crushed stone." Shows a very deep trench straight down the middle of the photo with the back of one worker center bottom and a man standing in the trench several feet away. Banks of earth piled to one side.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934; 1935; 1934; 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
November 27, 1934. Photo #20A. This picture shows the starting of the grading of the east-west runway, just east of its junction with the north-south runway. Hand labor was used as much as possible in accordance with the V.E.R.A (Vermont Emergency Relief Administration) principles. Caption on this 1934 photo reads ""#20A 11-27-34 Municipal Air Port Project - Grading East end of East and West runway with VERA labor."
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934; 1935; 1934; 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 27, 1934. Photo # 4A. A view looking north from south end of the north-south runway showing the grading work in process which was done under the V.E.R.A. (Vermont Emergency Relief Administration). Note the opening at northern end where the trees and undergrowth have been removed to obtain better vision. Caption on this 1934 photo of construction of the Burlington Municipal Airport reads "#4A 7-27-34 Grading North and South Runway with VERA labor looking North from South end of runway."
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934; 1935; 1934; 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 21, 1935. Photo #8. Caption on this 1935 photo reads "#8 Burlington Vt 6-21-35 VERA (Vermont Emergency Relief Administration) Proj #402-B15-1 Burlington Municipal Airport - Drainage ditch showing method of placing stone drainage backfill on top of 6" drain pipe." Construction workers shovel crushed stone.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-11-01; 1935-11-01
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Nov. 1, 1935. Construction workers use shovels on an excavated piece of land at site of Burlington Municipal Airport.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-11-01; 1935-11-01
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Nov. 1, 1935. Grading at Burlington Municipal Airport with W.P.A labor Project No. 65-12-168. Area is being graded is East of North and South runway and South of East and West runway.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934; 1935; 1934; 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 18, 1935. Photo #14. Caption on this 1935 photo reads "#14 Burlington Vt. 7-18-35 VERA (Vermont Emergency Relief Administration) Proj # 402 B25-1 Burlington Municipal Airport East end of E + W runway. Construction of Armour coat consisting of 1" chestnut stone covered with pea stone after 1st and 2nd application of quick breaking emulsion sand covering over 3rd application.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1935-11-01; 1935-11-01
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Nov. 1, 1935. Construction workers grading at Burlington Municipal Airport with W.P.A labor Project No.65-12-168. Hangar with wind sock flying above it, administration building, beacon tower and vehicles in the background.
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
November 23, 1939. WPA (Work Projects Administration) Project No. 65-1-12-43. This view shows the penetration of the armor coat on the northerly half of the 1,250 foot extension of the north-south runway. This view also shows the spreading operation of applying the peastone cover with the aid of the rotary type chip spreader as well as the rolling of the surface with a ten ton tandem roller and hand brooming of the peastone cover where necessary. Note the 100 foot radius turning area at the upper right of the picture.
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
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; 1939; 1937; 1939
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Construction of the Burlington Municipal Airport hangar in this dated June 15, 1937 photo. Solid wood covering of the timber framework in place. Construction works seen around and 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: 1937-09-07; 1937-09-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
September 7, 1937 photo of the back side of the wooden hangar showing open framework on the upper story and a black piece of sheeting (construction material) hanging vertically on the wall. Workers seen on the upper story.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1937-10-12; 1937-10-12
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
October 12, 1937 photo of the open side of the wooden hangar during construction at the Burlington Vermont Municipal Airport. One of the bay panels is seen center in the opening. Construction workers in and around the structure.
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
Early stage of construction of the wooden hangar at the Burlington Vermont Municipal Airport. Probably early summer (June) 1937. Two workers seen seated atop of open framework. Other workers to the extreme right near timber supports. Embossed McAllister name in lower right.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944-10-06; 1944-10-06
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
City of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated Oct. 6, 1944. This view shows the form work for the north wall of the concrete foundation walls being constructed by Street Department forces for the resetting of the metal hangar just south of the wooden hangar. A contract was awarded to the Street Department to build these foundation walls including all materials, labor and equipment for the sum of $1500.00. Construction workers, wooden planks for getting up to and down from the main platform and vehicles can be seen.
Title: Burlington Airport
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1944-10-03; 1944-10-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
City of Burlington, Vermont - Municipal Airport Photo dated Oct. 3, 1944. This view shows the form work for the south wall of the concrete foundation walls being constructed by Street Department forces for resetting of the metal hangar just south of the wooden hangar. A contract was awarded to the Street Department to build these foundation walls including all materials, labor and equipment for the sum of $1500.00 Several workmen and automobiles seen on site.
Title: Burlington Airport (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1934-1941; 1934-1941
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 12, 1935. Caption on photo : #2 - Burlington, VT. 6-12-35 V.E.R.A. Proj. 402-B15-1 Burlington Municipal Airport, East Section of E + W Runway, showing excavated material on either side being loaded with Power Shovel and used for grading, also drainage system being installed and crushed stone being placed on sand ? for stabilization work with Asphalt Emulsion.
Title: Burlington City Hall
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927; 1937; undated; 1927; 1937; undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Beginning construction of Burlington City Hall, construction workers, and other Burlington buildings
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