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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Creator(s)
- McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963 [8610]
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Place(s)
- Burlington (Vt.) [4254]
- Grand Isle (Vt.) [235]
- Middlebury (Vt.) [215]
- Champlain, Lake [204]
- North Hero (Vt. : Town) [152]
- Shelburne (Vt.) [151]
- Colchester (Vt.) [137]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [120]
- Winooski (Vt.) [101]
- Fort Ethan Allen (Vt.) [86]
- Bristol (Vt.) [63]
- Ethan Allen Firing Range (Vt.) [61]
- Vergennes (Vt.) [46]
- Milton (Vt.) [41]
- Camp Birchcliffe (Vt.) [39]
- St. Albans (Vt.) [27]
- Battery Park (Vt.) [21]
- Queen City Park (South Burlington, Vt.) [21]
- Mallets Bay (Vt.) [20]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [17]
- Potash Brook (Vt.) [16]
- Waitsfield (Vt.) [16]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [15]
- Camp MacArthur (Vt.) [15]
- Winooski River (Vt.) [14]
- Essex Junction (Vt.) [7]
- Montpelier (Vt.) [6]
- Richford (Vt.) [4]
- Basin Harbor (Vt.) [2]
- South Burlington (Vt.) [2]
- Johnson (Vt.) [1]
Format(s)
- image [8613]
Genre(s)
- black-and-white photographs [7217]
- photographs [7217]
Topic(s)
- Portrait photography [3512]
- Construction projects [980]
- Buildings [955]
- Men [875]
- High school students [847]
- Family [453]
- Children [445]
- Burlington (Vt.)Dept. of Streets [415]
- Business [413]
- Architectural photography [396]
- Church buildings [371]
- Interior architecture [363]
- Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.) [362]
- Boys [337]
- College students [335]
- Construction workers [333]
- Landscape photography [312]
- University of Vermont [300]
- Dwellings [293]
- Students [274]
- House furnishings [267]
- Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.) [260]
- High school athletes [253]
- High school buildings [253]
- Young men [251]
- School children [230]
- Machinery [221]
- Priests [221]
- Middlebury College [217]
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.) [215]
- High school graduates [206]
- Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.) [193]
- College teachers [192]
- Employees [185]
- High school students Dramatic production [174]
- Camping [172]
- Nuns [170]
- Actors [167]
- Automobiles [167]
- Stores, Retail [165]
- Basketball [154]
- School sports [151]
- First Congregational Church (Burlington, Vt.) [148]
- Musicians [144]
- Camp Abnaki (Vt.) [143]
- Gymnasiums [143]
- Bands (Music) [139]
- Camps [138]
- Ferries [138]
- Auditoriums [136]
- Bridges [131]
- Boats and boating [128]
- Mary Fletcher Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [127]
- Burlington International Airport [124]
- Hospitals [124]
- Greek letter societies [123]
- Champlain Transportation Company [121]
- Dance [121]
- Choirs (Music) [118]
- Christmas greens [117]
- G.S. Blodgett Corporation [116]
- Musical groups [115]
- Dance recitals [112]
- Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.) [111]
- Soldiers [109]
- Restaurants [102]
- Edmunds Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [100]
- Trucks [100]
- Costume [97]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States [94]
- Chapels [89]
- Service stations [88]
- Tap dancers [88]
- Baseball [87]
- Vermont Structural Steel Corporation [81]
- High school teachers [80]
- Veterans [80]
- Christ the King Church (Burlington, Vt.) [79]
- Housing [78]
- Athletics [77]
- Banners [75]
- Camp Marycrest (Vt.) [74]
- Classrooms [74]
- Animals [72]
- Women veterans [72]
- First communion [70]
- College graduates [69]
- Nurses [67]
- Street-railroad tracks [66]
- Theaters Stage-setting and scenery [64]
- Urban parks [64]
- Choruses [63]
- Milton Middle/High School (Milton, Vt.) [63]
- Drum majorettes [62]
- Infants [62]
- Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School (Bristol, Vt.) [62]
- Shelburne Shipyard, Inc [62]
- Worship programs [62]
- Ships [61]
- Steamboats [60]
- Advertising [59]
- Toys [59]
- Brides [58]
- Ticonderoga (Steamship) [57]
- Weddings [57]
- Department stores [56]
- Horses [56]
- Offices [53]
- Nazareth School (Burlington, Vt.) [50]
- Railroad tracks [50]
- Warships [50]
- St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.) [46]
- Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.) [45]
- Dolls [45]
- Furniture [45]
- Middle school students [45]
- Order of the Eastern StarGrand Chapter of Vermont [45]
- Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.) [42]
- Farms [41]
- Flowers [41]
- Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.) [40]
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesLadies Auxiliary.Dept. of Vermont [40]
- Cheerleading [38]
- Circus performers [38]
- Bridegrooms [37]
- Oil storage tanks [36]
- S.S. Kresge Company [36]
- Gas ovens [35]
- Supreme Cootiette Club of the United States [35]
- Cake [34]
- United StatesWork Projects Administration. [32]
- Football [31]
- Painting [31]
- Salvation Army [30]
- Armed Forces Officers [29]
- Heineberg Bridge (Chittenden County, Vt.) [29]
- Museums [29]
- Orchestra [29]
- Statues [29]
- Swimming [28]
- Lyman C. Hunt Middle School (Burlington, Vt.) [27]
- Bowling [26]
- Burlington City Hall (Burlington, Vt.) [26]
- Chairs [26]
- Fanny Allen Hospital [26]
- Traffic accidents [26]
- Class reunions [25]
- Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.) [25]
- Billboards [24]
- Confirmation Catholic Church [24]
- Santa Claus [24]
- Barns [23]
- Cavalry [23]
- Girl Scouts [23]
- Military supplies [23]
- St. Anthony Church (Burlington, Vt.) [23]
- Exhibitions [22]
- Gardens [22]
- Street signs [22]
- Tractors [22]
- Tennis [21]
- Theaters [21]
- Shelburne Museum [20]
- Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.) [20]
- Buses [19]
- Canoes and canoeing [19]
- Cows [19]
- Fraternal Order of Eagles [19]
- Livestock [19]
- Rifles [19]
- Burlington Business College [18]
- Railroad trains [18]
- Track and field athletes [18]
- Camp Holy Cross (Vt.) [17]
- Drugstores [17]
- Sewage disposal [17]
- VermontEmergency Relief Administration [17]
- Dairying Equipment and supplies [16]
- Marriage [16]
- Military weapons [16]
- Piano [16]
- Radio stations [16]
- Shelburne Public School (Shelburne, Vt.) [16]
- South Burlington Central School (Vt.) [16]
- Airplanes [15]
- Bank buildings [15]
- DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.) [15]
- Wake services [15]
- Cavalry horses [14]
- Hotels [14]
- Snowplows [14]
- Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.) [13]
- Blackface entertainers [13]
- New England Telephone and Telegraph Company [13]
- Parades [13]
- Reunions [13]
- Archery [12]
- Ballerinas [12]
- Christmas pageants [12]
- Handicraft [12]
- United StatesPublic Works Administration. [12]
- Wreckers (Vehicles) [12]
- Boy Scouts [11]
- Farmhouses [11]
- First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [11]
- Fishes [11]
- Flood damage [11]
- Government vessels [11]
- Robert Hull Fleming Museum [11]
- Snow removal [11]
- Cemeteries [10]
- Exhibit booths [10]
- Knights of Columbus [10]
- Manufacturing and Tool Corp. [10]
- Milton Elementary School (Milton, Vt.) [10]
- St. Joseph Co-Cathedral (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.) [10]
- First United Methodist Church (Burlington, Vt.) [9]
- Kamp Kill Kare (Vt.) [9]
- Radio broadcasters [9]
- Rivers [9]
- Saint Francis Xavier School (Winooski, Vt.) [9]
- Vermont Transit Company [9]
- Cafeterias [8]
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows [8]
- St. Stephen's Church (Winooski, Vt.) [8]
- Totem poles [8]
- Tractors Equipment and supplies [8]
- Trailers [8]
- Waste disposal sites [8]
- Aircraft accidents [7]
- Bombing and gunnery ranges [7]
- Cattle [7]
- Chickens [7]
- Chickens Housing [7]
- Convenience stores [7]
- Factories [7]
- J.K. Kidder Mfg. Co., Inc [7]
- Minstrel shows [7]
- Monuments [7]
- Police [7]
- Beauty operators [6]
- Centennial Field (Burlington, Vt.) [6]
- Flag raising and lowering [6]
- Plants [6]
- Refrigerators [6]
- Sepulchral monuments [6]
- Tank trucks [6]
- Volleyball [6]
- Burlington (Vt.)Police Dept. [5]
- Elihu B. Taft Elementary School (Burlington, Vt.) [5]
- Hardware [5]
- Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc [5]
- Radio Receivers and reception [5]
- Rifle practice [5]
- Vermont 4-H Clubs [5]
- VermontGovernor [5]
- Waste disposal in the ground [5]
- American Legion [4]
- Bulls [4]
- Burlington Federal Savings [4]
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) [4]
- Cosmetics [4]
- General Electric Company [4]
- Pool (game) [4]
- Post office buildings [4]
- Puppets [4]
- Richford High School (Richford, Vt.) [4]
- Stoves [4]
- Van Ness House [4]
- Vermont Industrial School [4]
- Vermont State House (Montpelier, Vt.) [4]
- Wills, William H.1882-1946 [4]
- A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc [3]
- Boxing [3]
- Bridge railings [3]
- Burlington Rapid Transit Company [3]
- Covered bridges [3]
- Culverts [3]
- First Church of Christ, Scientist (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- Fletcher Free Library [3]
- Free Press Association (Burlington, Vt.) [3]
- High school students Track and field [3]
- Mobile homes [3]
- Modern Woodmen of America [3]
- Motels [3]
- Sideshows [3]
- Snowblowers [3]
- Vaults (Strong rooms) [3]
- Vermont State Police [3]
- Woodwork [3]
- A.D. Pease Grain Co. [2]
- Compasses (Mathematical instruments) [2]
- Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Rutland, Vt.) [2]
- Creameries [2]
- Dams [2]
- Hockey [2]
- Lincoln Inn (Essex Junction, Vt.) [2]
- Manholes [2]
- Mater Christi School (Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Quarries and quarrying [2]
- Saint John Vianney Parish (South Burlington, Vt.) [2]
- Tattoo artists [2]
- United Service Organizations (U.S.) [2]
- Vehicles, Military [2]
- American Red Cross [1]
- B'nai B'rith [1]
- Blasting [1]
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Chests [1]
- Crèches (Nativity scenes) [1]
- Firearms [1]
- Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Kake Walk (Event) [1]
- Lakeview Cemetery (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Lighthouses [1]
- Merchants National Bank (Burlington, Vt.) [1]
- Radio actors and actresses [1]
- Skating [1]
- Snow sculpture [1]
- St. Ambrose Church (Bristol, Vt.) [1]
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Saint Albans, Vt.) [1]
- Street-railroads [1]
- Targets (Shooting) [1]
- Trays [1]
- Turkeys [1]
- Vergennes Inn (Vt.) [1]
- Winooski High School (Winooski, Vt.) [1]
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Title: Winooski Bridge - Opening Ceremonies (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-08-04
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 4, 1928. Opening ceremony of the Winooski Bridge that connects Burlington and Winooski. Sign for James E. Cashman, general contractor to the right. Banners and American flags fly overhead. Cars drive over the new bridge.
Title: Winooski Bridge - Opening Ceremonies (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-08-04
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 4, 1928. Opening ceremony of the Winooski Bridge that connects Burlington and Winooski. Sign for James E. Cashman, general contractor to the right. Banners and American flags fly overhead. Cars drive over the new bridge. Champlain Mill seen in the background. Photo No. 10
Title: Winooski Bridge - Opening Ceremonies (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-08-04
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 4, 1928. Opening ceremony of the Winooski Bridge that connects Burlington and Winooski. Sign for James E. Cashman, general contractor to the right. Banners and American flags fly overhead. Cars drive over the new bridge on one side as a marching band parades on the other side.
Title: Winooski Bridge - Opening Ceremonies (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-08-04
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
August 4, 1928. Dignitaries sit in a row on the newly built Winooski Bridge during the opening ceremonies. The mayor at the time was William H. Girard.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-03-23
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Reconstruction of the Winooksi Bridge after the 1927 flood. Seen here is wood framing for the bridge on the Burlington side looking toward Winooski. Champlain Mill to the right.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Reconstruction of the Winooski Bridge after the 1927 flood (reopened 1928). In the background is one of the mills (later housed Forest Hills Factory Outlet)
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-06-12
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 12, 1928. Reconstruction of the Winooski Bridge after the 1927 flood. Reopened in 1928. Champlain Mill seen to the right.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-06-12
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 12, 1928. Reconstruction of the Winooski Bridge looking up Colchester Ave on the Burlington side.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Reconstruction of the Winooski Bridge after the 1927 flood. Reopened 1928. View is from Winooski looking up Colchester Ave on the Burlington side. To the far right no longer is seen the Johnson Grain Co. building as it has been torn down.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-07-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 3, 1928. Reconstruction of the Winooski Bridge after the 1927 flood. Reopened 1928. View is looking toward Winooski. Champlain Mill to the right.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of where the Winooski Bridge was swept away in the 1927 flood. Still much debris seen. View is looking across the river up Colchester Ave on the Burlington side. To the far right no longer is seen the Johnson Grain Co. building as it has been torn down.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-03-23
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Cold weather view of the reconstruction of the Winooski Bridge after the 1927 flood. Seen here is a wooden plank walkway built by and for the workmen who can be seen out in the Winooski River on another part of the bridge construction. Reopened in 1928.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-07-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 7, 1928. 5 P.M. Construction workers rebuild the Winooski Bridge connecting Burlington and Winooki over the Winooski River. View is looking toward Winooski.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-07-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 3, 1928. Construction workers seen on the steel beams during the construction of the Winooski Bridge. It was destroyed in the 1927 flood and reopened in August 1928.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-07-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 5, 1928. Construction workers rebuild the Winooski Bridge that had been destroyed in the 1927 flood. View is looking up Colchester Ave. on the Burlington side.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
View of the seemingly flimsy wooden supports for a wooden plank walkway during the construction of the Winooski Bridge that had been destroyed in the 1927 flood. New solid concrete bridge supports are seen. In the background is one of the mills (later location of Forest Hills Factory Outlet)
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Reconstruction of the Winooski Bridge after it was destroyed by the 1927 flood. Seen here is of one of the new supports. View is looking toward Winooski.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Reconstruction of the Winooski Bridge after it was destroyed in the 1927 flood. Seen here is one of the new supports. In the background is one of the mills.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-06-12
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 12, 1928. A view of the new construction of the Winooski Bridge to the left and of the temporary pontoon bridge to the right. Only pedestrians were allowed on the pontoon bridge that was built after the 1927 flood. Champlain Mill is the large building in the background.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-07-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 5, 1928. Construction continues on the Winooski bridge with massive steel beams stretching across the Winooski River. View to looking toward Winooski. Photo # 6.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-06-12
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
June 12, 1928. View of the new Winooski bridge concrete supports looking toward the Burlington side and Colchester Ave.
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-07-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 5, 1928. Workmen continue construction on the Winooski bridge smoothing the pavement surface. View is looking up Colchester Ave on the Burlington side. Photo No. 10
Title: Winooski Bridge Construction (4X5's)
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1928-07-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
July 3, 1928. Rebar is in place as construction of the new Winooski Bridge continues throughout the summer. View is looking toward Winooski.
Title: Winooski River
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: 1927-09-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
September 10, 1927. Winooski, Vermont. Looking East from West end of Rail Road Trestle. Excavation for P.H. and Canal.
Title: Winooski River
Creator: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Date: undated
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: black-and-white photographs
Looking from Rail Road Trestle. Excavation for P.H. and Canal. Winooski, Vermont. 1927?
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