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
Rights: Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to the UVM Libraries' Center for Digital Initiatives at cdi@uvm.edu. For more information, see http://cdi.uvm.edu/about/rights. More information.
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Creator(s)
- Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965 [85]
- Dean, Theron S. [69]
- Perry, Mrs. [8]
- Johnson, Eric [7]
- Puffer, Louis [7]
- Clark [2]
- Eldred [2]
- Lesage, Ernest R. [2]
- Buchanan, R.O. [1]
- Cooley [1]
- Cowles, Clarence P. [1]
- Field, W.H. [1]
- Hilton [1]
- Joslin [1]
- KY, Mrs. [1]
- Lye, Miss [1]
- Monroe, William Seymour [1]
- Muller [1]
- Taylor, H.C. [1]
- Taylor, James P. [1]
- Tuitehall, E.Y. [1]
- Voter [1]
- Wilkinson, Robert [1]
Place(s)
- Long Trail [180]
- Camels Hump [14]
- Taft Lodge [13]
- Emily Proctor Shelter [9]
- Cooley Glen Shelter [8]
- Taylor Lodge [8]
- Battell Shelter [7]
- Killington Peak [6]
- Montclair Glen Lodge [6]
- Birch Glen Camp [5]
- Carmel Camp [5]
- Nebraska Notch [5]
- Mount Mansfield [4]
- Pleiad Shelter [4]
- Smugglers Notch [4]
- Bolton Lodge [3]
- Ritterbush Camp [3]
- Sucker Brook Shelter [3]
- Barnes Camp [2]
- Bolton Mountain [2]
- Boyce Shelter [2]
- Bread Loaf Mountain [2]
- Mount Ellen [2]
- Three Shanties Brook [2]
- Beaver Meadow [1]
- Big Spring [1]
- Bourn Pond [1]
- City of Rutland [1]
- Cowles Cove Shelter [1]
- Fay Fuller Camp [1]
- Glastenbury Camp [1]
- Journeys End Camp [1]
- Laura Woodward Camp [1]
- Moulds Lodge [1]
- Mount Abraham [1]
- Noyes Pond [1]
- Parker Camp [1]
- Pico Peak [1]
- Prospect Rock [1]
- Sherburne Pass [1]
- Spring Lake [1]
- Theron Dean Shelter [1]
- Town of Bennington [1]
- Town of Glastenbury [1]
Format(s)
- image [180]
Genre(s)
- lantern slides [180]
- photographs [180]
- landscape photographs [6]
Topic(s)
- Camping [180]
- Hiking [180]
- Congdon, Herbert Wheaton1876-1965 [15]
- Monroe, W. S. (Will Seymour)1863-1939 [10]
- Cowles, Clarence P. (Clarence Porter)1875-1963 [6]
- Burnham, Rogers [2]
- Dean, Theron S. [2]
- Gilbert, Connie [2]
- Surveying Instruments [2]
- Waterfalls [2]
- Kurth, Hilda [1]
- Norris, Kathleen [1]
- Olney, Ward [1]
- Puffer, Louis [1]
- Robbins, Catherine [1]
- Taylor, James P. [1]
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Topic: ("Camping")
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.
Title: Alex putting out a fire at Camp Necessity
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1922?; 1922
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
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: Alice Dean at Taft Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1923-08-30; 1923-08-30
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Approach to Birch Lodge from the North
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919; 1919
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Approach to Cooley Glen from the South
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919-09; 1919-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured is Herbert Wheaton Congdon.
Title: Barnes Camp in Smugglers' Notch
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Bath time at the lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Both the person and lodge are unidentified.
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: Battell Lodge on Lincoln Mountain
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1914-07-01; 1914-07-01
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Battell Shelter
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1917-08; 1917-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
A view of the Battell shelter from the North East.
Title: Birch Glen Lodge - 5.5 miles from Glen Ellen
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1935-08-04; 1935-08-04
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Birch Lodge from the trail to Beane's Farm
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1917-08; 1917-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Bolton Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1935-08-07; 1935-08-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Bolton Lodge exterior
Creator: Joslin
Date: 1934; 1934
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
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: Bourn Pond from camp
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1921-08; 1921-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Boyce Lodge
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1926-08; 1926-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Bringing roofing in to Glen Ellen Lodge
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
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: Cabin and Mr. Killington
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1921?; 1921?
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
This cabin was erected on Killington Peak. The image's original title supplied here is humorous.
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: Camp 4 on Bolton Mountain
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The sign in the middle of the image reads "Trout Club" and points to the right.
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