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 [198]
- Dean, Theron S. [130]
- Perry, Mrs. [19]
- Wilkinson, Robert [13]
- Johnson, Eric [10]
- Perry, Mrs. F.A. [5]
- Brehmer [4]
- Chamberlain, Allen, b. 1867 [4]
- Charles Beseler Co. [4]
- Thurston, John H. [4]
- Joslin [3]
- Puffer, Louis [3]
- Richardson [3]
- Smith [3]
- Bentley, W. A. (Wilson Alwyn), 1865-1931 [1]
- Clark, Byron [1]
- Cowles, Clarence P. [1]
- Fuller, Clayton [1]
- Hanston [1]
- Holmes [1]
- Houston [1]
- Marshall, Dr. [1]
- Peck, G.E. [1]
- Peck, Miss [1]
- Standard Slide Corp. [1]
- White, Wills J. [1]
- Wilhiamson [1]
Place(s)
- Long Trail [376]
- Camels Hump [87]
- Mount Mansfield [82]
- Mount Abraham [32]
- Mount Ellen [17]
- Bolton Mountain [13]
- Smugglers Notch [13]
- Pico Peak [12]
- Stark Mountain [8]
- Bread Loaf Mountain [7]
- Lincoln Mountain [7]
- Burnt Rock Mountain [6]
- Jay Peak [6]
- Lake of the Clouds [6]
- Mount Ethan Allen [6]
- Town of Bolton [6]
- Battell Shelter [5]
- Sterling Pond [5]
- Bromley Mountain [4]
- Lincoln Peak [4]
- Molly Stark Mountain [4]
- Barnes Camp [3]
- Jeffersonville [3]
- Killington Peak [3]
- Madonna Peak [3]
- Mount Grant [3]
- Nebraska Notch [3]
- Pleiad Lake [3]
- Taft Lodge [3]
- Town of Bristol [3]
- Town of Huntington [3]
- Town of Stowe [3]
- Town of Underhill [3]
- Town of Warren [3]
- White Rocks [3]
- Belvidere Mountain [2]
- City of Burlington [2]
- Morses Mill [2]
- Mount Horrid [2]
- Mount Ira Allen [2]
- Mount Roosevelt [2]
- Prospect Rock [2]
- Round Top [2]
- Stratton Mountain [2]
- Town of Bennington [2]
- Town of Killington [2]
- Town of Shrewsbury [2]
- Winooski River [2]
- Beaver Meadow [1]
- Bolton Lodge [1]
- Button Hill [1]
- Chilcoot Pass [1]
- Chittenden Reservoir [1]
- Dorset Mountain [1]
- Elephants Head [1]
- French Hill [1]
- Green Mountain [1]
- Griffith Shelter [1]
- Harmon Hill [1]
- Haystack Mountain [1]
- Hazens Notch [1]
- Journeys End Camp [1]
- Lake Mansfield [1]
- Little Rock Pond [1]
- Mendon Peak [1]
- Middlesex Center [1]
- Molly Stark Trail [1]
- Mount Carmel [1]
- Mount Hunger [1]
- Mount Pisgah [1]
- Mount Wilson [1]
- Pico Pond [1]
- Ritterbush Pond [1]
- Somerset Reservoir [1]
- Sterling Range [1]
- Stratton Pond [1]
- Styles Peak [1]
- Sugarloaf Mountain [1]
- Taylor Lodge [1]
- Theron Dean Shelter [1]
- Town of Duxbury [1]
- Town of Mendon [1]
- Town of Montgomery [1]
- Town of Plymouth [1]
- Town of Starksboro [1]
- Town of Wallingford [1]
Format(s)
- image [384]
Genre(s)
- landscape photographs [384]
- lantern slides [384]
- photographs [384]
Topic(s)
- Hiking [362]
- Congdon, Herbert Wheaton1876-1965 [10]
- Camping [6]
- Burnham, Lyman [5]
- Farmhouses [5]
- Cowles, Clarence P. (Clarence Porter)1875-1963 [3]
- Boats and boating [2]
- Dean, Theron S. [2]
- Hotels [2]
- Chamberlain, Allenb. 1867 [1]
- Cows [1]
- Flood damage [1]
- Horses [1]
- Monroe, W. S. (Will Seymour)1863-1939 [1]
- Olney, Ward [1]
- Puffer, Louis [1]
- Smith, Gilbert [1]
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Title: "Stub" Mould on Whiteface Mountain from trail over White Rocks
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1921-10-01; 1921-10-01
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
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: A view from Journey's End
Creator: Joslin
Date: 1934; 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: A view of Mount Abraham
Creator: Chamberlain, Allen, b. 1867
Date: 1917-09-22; 1917-09-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: A view of Mount Abraham
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1918-09-07; 1918-09-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Taken from the second lookout south of the Lincoln-Warren Pass.
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: Adirondacks from the hill south of Shrewsbury Pond
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1921-08; 1921-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
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: Baker's Notch at the fork
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919-09; 1919-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Bare trees and mountain range
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1940; 1940
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
This slide comes from a series of photos taken during Herbert Wheaton Congdon's journey along the Long Trail from Mount Mansfield to the Brandon-Rochester Pass in 1914. Accompanying Congdon were three non commissioned officers of the 23rd Regiment NY National Guard, Company A.
Title: Battell Lodge and Breadloaf Mountain from Mount Abraham
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Belvidere Mountain from the East
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1921; 1921
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Bennington Battlefield
Creator: White, Wills J.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Originally from a print by Wills J. White, this image is a view of Bennington Battlefield. The battlefield is the clearing atop the hill beyond the bridge.
Title: Bennington from Harmon Hill
Creator: Joslin
Date: 1934; 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Big Jay, Little Jay, and Jay
Creator: Fuller, Clayton; Brehmer
Date: 1932; 1932
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
In the foreground is Little Jay (3,202 feet). Behind and over it is Big Jay (3,800 feet). Behind it is Jay (3,861 feet). Slide made by Brehmer in June 1932.
Title: Bolton Ferry looking North
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1922-08-09; 1922-08-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
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: 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: Bowl south of Taylor Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
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Title: Bread Loaf Mountain from Mount Abraham
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1917-07; 1917-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Likely taken in the month of July, 1917.
Title: Bread Loaf Mountain from pasture
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Bristol Gap and Lincoln Valley from the Battell Lodge - Adirondacks in the dim distance
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Bristol Gap from Panorama Cliffs
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919-09; 1919-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
The men pictured in this photograph are Herbert Wheaton Congdon and George Parmelee.
Title: Bristol Gap from a Mount Ellen cabin in summer
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
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