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)
- Perry, Mrs. [42]
- Dean, Theron S. [18]
- Eldred [5]
- Puffer, Louis [4]
- Charles Beseler Co. [2]
- Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965 [2]
- Cowles, Clarence P. [2]
- Johnson, Eric [2]
- Wilkinson, Robert [2]
- Bosan, Mrs. [1]
- Brehmer [1]
- Clark [1]
- Clark, Byron [1]
- Doe, Jessie [1]
- Field, W.H. [1]
- Hanston [1]
- Hilton [1]
- Houston [1]
- Prior [1]
- Richardson [1]
- Ridley, W.H. [1]
- Standard Slide Corp. [1]
- Tuitehall, E.Y. [1]
- Voter [1]
- Wilhiamson [1]
Place(s)
- Long Trail [41]
- Mount Mansfield [7]
- Camels Hump [4]
- Bolton Mountain [3]
- Burnt Rock Mountain [3]
- Bolton Lodge [2]
- Mount Abraham [2]
- Taylor Lodge [2]
- Town of Stowe [2]
- Barnes Camp [1]
- Battell Shelter [1]
- Battell Trail [1]
- Birch Glen Camp [1]
- Bread Loaf Mountain [1]
- City of Rutland [1]
- Jay Peak [1]
- Killington Peak [1]
- Mount Horrid [1]
- Pico Peak [1]
- Pleiad Lake [1]
- Smugglers Notch [1]
- Taft Lodge [1]
- Theron Dean Shelter [1]
- Town of Bolton [1]
Format(s)
- image [42]
Genre(s)
- lantern slides [42]
- photographs [42]
- landscape photographs [19]
Topic(s)
- Hiking [39]
- Camping [8]
- Animals [4]
- Dean, Theron S. [4]
- Cows [2]
- Farms [1]
- Flood damage [1]
- Monroe, W. S. (Will Seymour)1863-1939 [1]
- Puffer, Louis [1]
- Surveying Instruments [1]
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Genre: ("lantern slides")
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.
Title: Bert Mays house in Bolton during the 1928 flood
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Colored by Mrs. Perry in February 1929. The original photograph notes: "15(?) people spent night of flood here - 9 of them children."
Title: Big Birch in Smugglers' Notch
Creator: Bosan, Mrs.; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1920; 1926-05-20
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Original notation states that this birch is 1 1/2 miles south of the Barnes Camp. Pictured in this image are: 1. Mr. Hartwell, 2. Mrs. L.S. Dean under the tree, 3. L.S. Dean at left(?), 4. Mrs. Hartwell(?). Slide colored by Mrs. Perry on November 16, 1924.
Title: Bolton Long Trail sign, looking East at Bolton
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1923-05-23; 1923-05-23
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The sign in this image reads: " A footpath in the wilderness Long Trail." Milemarkers attached to the sign read: "Killington 82 M, Camel's Hump 4.5 M, Massachusetts State Line 181.6 M, Montclair Glen 6.5 M, Lincoln Mt. 25.8, Dunsmoor Lodge 5.6 M, Summit Bolton Mt. 6.7 M, Lake Mansfield 9.8 M, Summit 15.4 M, Mt. Mansfield Taft Lodge 17.2 M." The negative was made by Theron Dean on May 6, 1923 and it was colored by Mrs. Perry on February of 1929.
Title: Bolton Mountain Lodge
Creator: Tuitehall, E.Y.; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1928; 1928
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Slide colored by Mrs. Perry in February or March, 1929.
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: Bolton Window
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1925; 1925
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Slide colored by Mrs. Perry in 1929.
Title: Bread Loaf Mountain from pasture
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Burtis, Cowles, Mr. Badgley (?) and Chris at Taft Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1920-08-02; 1920-08-02
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The original title states that this was image was colored by Mrs. Perry in 1924 or 1926.
Title: C.J. Badgley and Burtis Dean on the chin of Mount Mansfield
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1920-06-05; 1920-06-05
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are: Mr. C. J. Badgley from Poughkeepsie, N.Y. - age 75 and and Burtis Dean - age 9. Negative done by Dean on Monday, August 2, 1920. Colored by Mrs. Perry.
Title: Camp Thendara's
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Puffer, Louis; Eldred; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1929; 1929
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured in this image are: Professor Louis Puffer on the left, Major Jenlas in the center and Bob Aikon on the right. Negative by Puffer. Slide done by Eldred in September, 1931. Colored by Mrs. Perry in September 1931.
Title: Completion of trail building at Battell Shelter
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1917-08-31; 1917-08-31
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Lantern slide colored by Mrs. Perry.
Title: Dead trees on Mount Mansfield
Creator: Clark, Byron; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Negative colored by Mrs. Perry.
Title: Dean and measuring wheel
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Perry, Mrs.; Prior
Date: 1916-09; 1916-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Negative possibly by Prior. Photo possibly taken near Birch Glen. Colored by Mrs. Perry in March 1929.
Title: Descending Burnt Rock
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Slide recolored by Mrs. Perry in March 1929.
Title: East from Dean Shelter
Creator: Johnson, Eric; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1926; 1926
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Slide colored by Mrs. Perry in 1929.
Title: Four men at marker 592
Creator: Puffer, Louis; Eldred; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The photo is attributed to Puffer and the slide to Eldred. The original title seems to indicate that two of the men pictured are Roy Buchanan his brother-in-law Hardy Puffer. The slide was colored by Mrs. Perry in June 1933.
Title: Governor Clement Camp, 5 miles South of Rutland
Creator: Field, W.H.; Puffer, Louis; Eldred; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The gentlemen in the photo are: Major Jenks (left) and either Bob Aiken or Puffer (right). The photo was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Field. The negative was done by Puffer, the slide by Eldred, and the coloring by Mrs. Perry.
Title: Hotel on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Ridley, W.H.; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1862; 1865
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The photographer, W.H. Ridley of Burlington, told Dean that he was born on July 2, 1862. He is the little boy on the horse at left. He spent the summer of 1865(?) at the hotel with his parents. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump. Slide colored by Mrs. Perry.
Title: Hound's Tooth on Mount Horrid
Creator: Charles Beseler Co.; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Colored by Beselars and recolored by Mrs. Perry in March 1929.
Title: Jack Frey looking North from Burnt Rock
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1918-08; 1918-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Colored by either Congdon or Mrs. Perry.
Title: Jay Peak - apple blossoms in June
Creator: Richardson; Standard Slide Corp.; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Photo attributed to Mr. Richardson of Newport, Vermont. Negative and slide done by Standard Slide Corp. - 209 W. 48th NYC. Colored by Mrs Perry in February of 1929. Copyrighted negative.
Title: King Rock
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The explanation with the original slide states that this rock fell between Thanksgiving and Christmas 1909. Its estimated weight is 5,000 tons - as estimated by "a Middlebury Professor." The slide was colored by Mrs. Perry and retouched by her on November 16, 1924.
Title: Monroe and Farr on Burnt Rock
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Charles Beseler Co.; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1920?; 1920
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Slide made and colored by Beseler Co. and recolored by Mrs. Perry in March, 1929.
Title: Mount Mansfield from Bolton Tower
Creator: Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Slide colored by Mrs. Perry in 1929.
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