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 [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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Place: ("Long Trail")
Topic: ("Camping")
Title: Camp Lizzie - two miles east of Prospect Rock
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1921-08-22; 1921-08-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
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: Caretaker on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump) preparing to cook a porcupine
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
"Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Carmel Camp - elevation 2800 feet at sunrise
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1936-08-03; 1936-08-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Carmel Camp - note hedgehog chews!
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1922-08; 1922-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Carmel Camp porcupine chews
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1922-08; 1922-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Congdon and men around a campfire
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1914; 1914
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: Congdon and surveying wheel at Dunsmoor Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1920-08-24; 1920-08-24
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Congdon and surveying wheel at Dunsmoor Lodge
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08-24; 1920-08-24
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1920-08-08; 1920-08-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Connie Gilbert doing laundry at Battell Lodge
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1926; 1926
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Cooley Glen Lodge - trail from lodge to spring
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919-09; 1919-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Colored by "K" in February of 1929.
Title: Cooley Glen from trail to spring
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919-09; 1919-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The person carrying water to the far right of the photograph is Herbert Wheaton Congdon.
Title: Cooley Lodge interior
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919-09; 1919-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The person in this photo is identified as George Parmelee. A sign on the wall reads “Cooley Glen Lodge: This Lodge is the gift of Professor Will S. Monroe and the New York Section of the Green Mt. Club. Members and friends to have use of same [illegible] and hang up the cooking utensils before you leave. Chop as much wood as you use. Leave the camp in good condition. The Green Mt. Club.”
Title: Couching Lion (Camel's Hump) and South Hut
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: Cowles Cove Shelter
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Cowles and Little in camp at Smugglers' Notch
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1920-02-22; 1920-02-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Cowles building a lunch fire at Big Spring
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-02-22; 1920-02-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Deer Leap Lodge at Sherburne Pass
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1921?; 1921?
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Dockhams at Dunsmoor Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Elihu B. Taft Lodge from the rear
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08; 1920-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Elihu B. Taft Lodge from trail to the chin of Mount Mansfield
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08-12; 1920-08-12
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Elihu B. Taft Lodge on Mount Mansfield
Creator: Cowles, Clarence P.
Date: 1919?; 1919
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The two men in the image are not identified. Photograph taken from the front approach to the lodge.
Title: Elihu B. Taft Lodge under construction
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08; 1920-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Emily Proctor Lodge
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1918-09-01; 1918-09-01
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
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