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)
- Clark [7]
- Dean, Theron S. [2]
- Buchanan, R.O. [1]
- Dockham [1]
- Hilton [1]
- Perry, Mrs. [1]
- Taylor, H.C. [1]
Place(s)
- Long Trail [6]
- Bolton Lodge [2]
- Birch Glen Camp [1]
- Taylor Lodge [1]
- Town of Bolton [1]
Genre(s)
- lantern slides [7]
- photographs [7]
Topic(s)
- Hiking [6]
- Camping [2]
- Children [2]
- Flood damage [1]
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Author: ("Clark")
Title: Andy R. Buchanan en route to Bolton Lodge
Creator: Buchanan, R.O.; Clark
Date: 1929-09; 1929-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Photo taken by Andy's father, Professor R.O. Buchanan of Burlington, Vermont. Slide made January 2, 1930 by Clark.
Title: Central Vermont Railway after the flood
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Clark
Date: 1929-02-14; 1929-02-14
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Negative and slide by Clark.
Title: Map of Vermont's Long Trail
Creator: Clark
Date: 1929-02-14; 1929-02-14
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
This is a hand drawn map of the Long Trail. The map includes mountain and lodge names along the trail. The text at the bottom of the map reads: "The Long Trail, A Footpath in the Wilderness over the skyline of the Green Mountain Range." Negative and slide done by Clark on February 14, 1929.
Title: Mrs. Huntley's in Bolton, Vermont
Creator: Dockham; Clark
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
An original note states the Mrs. Huntley's was a "very popular overnight boarding house for hikers." Slide by Clark of Burlington.
Title: New Birch Glen Lodge
Creator: Taylor, H.C.; Clark
Date: 1929=11; 1929=11
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Birch Glen Lodge was built in the fall of 1929. This photo was taken by Dr. H.C. Taylor in November of 1929. The slide was done by Clark in January of 1930.
Title: Professor Buchanan and Andy Buchanan en route to Bolton Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Clark
Date: 1929-09; 1929-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured here is Professor Buchanan and a boy that is identified elsewhere in this collection as Andy Buchanan. The original slide states that Andy is here 2 1/2 years old and that they have walked two of the four miles to the lodge. Slide done by Clark on January 2, 1930.
Title: Taylor Lodge
Creator: Hilton; Clark; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1927-02-22; 1927-02-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Negative taken by Mr. Hilton of Underhill. Slide made by Clark of Burlington. Colored by Mrs. Perry in February, 1929.
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