Long Trail Photographs
Collection Overview
The Long Trail Collection includes over 900 images of the oldest long-distance hiking trail in the United States: Vermont’s Long Trail. The collection is mainly comprised of black-and-white and hand-colored lantern slides derived from photographs taken between 1912 and 1937. It documents the Green Mountain Club’s building of original trails and shelters and illustrates the enthusiasm for the Long Trail project (and hiking in general) at the turn of the century. These images chronicle the views and landscapes seen by early hikers of the Long Trail and provide an historical record of people associated with the Green Mountain Club’s formative years.
The images in this collection were captured by Green Mountain Club members Theron S. Dean and Herbert Wheaton Congdon, both of whom were early contributors to the trail’s development. Congdon surveyed and mapped a large portion of the early trail including a fifty mile stretch from Middlebury Gap to Bolton. Congdon, along with Leroy Little and Clarence Cowles, is also credited with the first winter ascent of Mount Mansfield on February 21, 1920. Dean is perhaps the most prolific documenter of the Long Trail’s development. Dean travelled throughout Vermont presenting slideshows and giving talks about the Long Trail, often to hundreds of people.
A number of the original lantern slides in this collection were used by Congdon and Dean in their Long Trail presentations. Dean in particular meticulously cultivated his lantern slide collection and displayed these slides during his many talks. These lantern slides were originally digitized by the Landscape Change Program at the University of Vermont. The original slides can be viewed in the Dean and Congdon collections at the University of Vermont Special Collections in the Bailey Howe Library. More information about the Long Trail can be obtained from the Green Mountain Club.
The slides were scanned by UVM's Landscape Change Program with the generous support of the National Science Foundation. The digitized photographs also appear in the image database at http://www.uvm.edu/landscape/.
Published: March 09, 2010, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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Creator(s)
- Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965 [64]
- Dean, Theron S. [64]
- Perry, Mrs. [4]
- Wilkinson, Robert [4]
- Smith [3]
- Bliss [2]
- Dockham [2]
- Johnson, Eric [2]
- Perry, Mrs. F.A. [2]
- Bliss, J. Isham [1]
- Collahan, F.H. [1]
- Lesage, Ernest R. [1]
- Richardson [1]
- Ridley, W.H. [1]
Place(s)
- Camels Hump [145]
- Long Trail [144]
- Bolton Mountain [7]
- Mount Mansfield [6]
- Mount Ethan Allen [5]
- Stark Mountain [4]
- Town of Bolton [3]
- Town of Huntington [3]
- Bolton Lodge [1]
- Burnt Rock Mountain [1]
- French Hill [1]
- Molly Stark Mountain [1]
- Molly Stark Trail [1]
- Mount Ira Allen [1]
- Town of Duxbury [1]
- Winooski River [1]
Format(s)
- image [145]
Genre(s)
- lantern slides [145]
- photographs [145]
- landscape photographs [87]
Topic(s)
- Hiking [139]
- Camping [14]
- Monroe, W. S. (Will Seymour)1863-1939 [10]
- Dean, Theron S. [4]
- Animals [3]
- Bliss, Fred [1]
- Children [1]
- Gilbert, Connie [1]
- Taylor, James P. [1]
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Place: ("Camels Hump")
Title: "Beauty and the Beast" - Pete and Mrs. ? at the Camel's Hump Club Hut
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919; 1919
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: 3 Huts on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Johnson, Eric; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
"Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump. Slide colored by Mrs. Perry in February 1929.
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919-09; 1919-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
"Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Baker's Notch and Mount Ethan Allen from Couching Lion (Camel's Hump) trail
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
"Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Bolton Mountain and Mansfield from Couching Lion (Camel's Hump) in Duxbury, Vermont
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
"Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Bolton Mountain and Mount Mansfield from Camel's Hump
Creator: Wilkinson, Robert; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Building a new trail on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1919-08; 1919-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
"Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Building a new trail on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919-08; 1919-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
"Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Camel's Hump - southwest side near the top
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920; 1920
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump Club House - built in 1912
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1920?; 1920?
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump Club Huts
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919-09; 1919-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Identified in the photograph are (from left to right) Parmelee and Herbert Wheaton Congdon. The woman to the right is unidentified. Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump Hut
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1935-08-06; 1935-08-06
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump and farm
Creator: Perry, Mrs. F.A.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Camel's Hump and pond
Creator: Perry, Mrs. F.A.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump as it appears from the north slope of Mount Ethan Allen
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1916; 1916
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
This is a view from where one drops down to Montclair Glen. Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump between birches
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump from Dunsmoor Lodge at sunset
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08; 1920-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump from a road 1/2 mile north of Bolton
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08; 1920-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump from a ruined mill clearing near Dunsmoor Lodge on Bolton
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08-24; 1920-08-24
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
The person in the image is not identified. Camel's Hump was also referred to as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump from lookout north of Dunsmoor Lodge on Bolton Mountain
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08; 1920-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump from lumber camp near Bolton
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08-24; 1920-08-24
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump in the distance
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Camel's Hump through the trees
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump through the trees
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Richardson
Date: ; 1924-03-24
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Captain Kempie on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1922; 1922
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The women in the photo are identified as: Upper row: "Captain Kempie" and "Alpine Alice" (Alice Speetzen) Lower row: "1st Lieutenant 'Loot'" (Ethel A. Savacool), "Babe Ruth" (Ruth Gaiger) "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
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