Main Street Resurfacing Project: West from South Willard Street UTM: 180642705E; 4926334N |
![]() Louis L. McAllister April 20, 1938 |
![]() Louis L. McAllister May 9, 1938 |
This McAllister photo shows intersection of Main and South Willard Streets looking west on Main Street toward downtown Burlington and Lake Champlain. The street is undergoing a paving project, and workers are operating a dump truck in the background. |
This image was taken on May 9, 1938 from the intersection of Main and Willard Streets looking west down Main Street towards downtown Burlington. This photograph shows significant progress in the paving project depicted in McAllister’s April 20, 1938 image. In the background, we see a rising plume from a steamroller flattening newly laid street surface. |
Historic Burlington Project Depression Era Streetscapes: Old North End | Burlington 1890 | Burlington 1877 | Burlington 1869 | Burlington 1853 | Burlington 1830 Produced by University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program graduate students in HP 206 Researching Historic Structures and Sites - Prof. Thomas Visser - in collaboration with UVM Landscape Change Program Historic images courtesy of University of Vermont Library Special Collections, Louis L. McAllister Photograph Collection |