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)
- Dean, Theron S. [335]
- Perry, Mrs. [18]
- Richardson [5]
- Charles Beseler Co. [2]
- Clark [2]
- Eldred [2]
- Wilkinson, Robert [2]
- KY, Mrs. [1]
- Lesage, Ernest R. [1]
- Peck, G.E. [1]
- Peck, Miss [1]
- Prior [1]
- Puffer, Louis [1]
- Standard Slide Corp. [1]
- Voter [1]
Place(s)
- Long Trail [317]
- Camels Hump [64]
- Mount Mansfield [32]
- Mount Abraham [22]
- Mount Ellen [19]
- Bolton Mountain [15]
- Battell Shelter [11]
- Lincoln Mountain [9]
- Smugglers Notch [8]
- Bread Loaf Mountain [7]
- Stark Mountain [7]
- Nebraska Notch [6]
- Birch Glen Camp [5]
- Molly Stark Mountain [5]
- Montclair Glen Lodge [5]
- Mount Hunger [5]
- Pico Peak [5]
- Lake Mansfield [4]
- Taft Lodge [4]
- Taylor Lodge [4]
- Town of Bristol [4]
- Barnes Camp [3]
- Burnt Rock Mountain [3]
- Emily Proctor Shelter [3]
- Jay Peak [3]
- Lincoln Peak [3]
- Town of Bolton [3]
- Town of Warren [3]
- Belvidere Mountain [2]
- Bolton Lodge [2]
- Cooley Glen Shelter [2]
- Lake of the Clouds [2]
- Mount Ethan Allen [2]
- Mount Grant [2]
- Mount Roosevelt [2]
- Sterling Pond [2]
- Sucker Brook Shelter [2]
- Town of Duxbury [2]
- Town of Huntington [2]
- Town of Waitsfield [2]
- Winooski River [2]
- Appalachian Gap [1]
- Battell Trail [1]
- Beaver Meadow [1]
- Carmel Camp [1]
- Chamberlain Glen [1]
- City of Burlington [1]
- French Hill [1]
- Hell Hollow Brook [1]
- Jeffersonville [1]
- Jerusalem [1]
- Joiner Brook [1]
- Laura Woodward Camp [1]
- Madonna Peak [1]
- Mount Pisgah [1]
- Mount Wilson [1]
- New Haven River [1]
- Prospect Rock [1]
- Spring Lake [1]
- Stratton Pond [1]
- Sugarloaf Mountain [1]
- Town of Johnson [1]
- Town of Killington [1]
- Town of Lincoln [1]
- Town of Mendon [1]
- Town of Plymouth [1]
- Town of Starksboro [1]
- Town of Stowe [1]
- Town of Underhill [1]
Format(s)
- image [335]
Genre(s)
- lantern slides [335]
- photographs [335]
- landscape photographs [130]
Topic(s)
- Hiking [302]
- Camping [69]
- Animals [16]
- Monroe, W. S. (Will Seymour)1863-1939 [16]
- Dean, Theron S. [12]
- Cowles, Clarence P. (Clarence Porter)1875-1963 [5]
- Surveying Instruments [5]
- Horses [4]
- Kurth, Hilda [4]
- Norris, Kathleen [4]
- Robbins, Catherine [4]
- Smith, Gilbert [4]
- Boats and boating [3]
- Burnham, Lyman [3]
- Canoes and canoeing [3]
- Hotels [3]
- Smith, Leverett [3]
- Taylor, James P. [3]
- Bridges [2]
- Dams [2]
- Farms [2]
- Flood damage [2]
- Flowers [2]
- Bliss, Fred [1]
- Burnham, Rogers [1]
- Carpenter, Grace [1]
- Carpenter, Molly [1]
- Chamberlain, Allenb. 1867 [1]
- Interior architecture [1]
- Puffer, Louis [1]
- Swimming [1]
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Author: ("Dean, Theron S.")
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 Tower
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1921; 1921
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
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 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
Resource type: landscape photographs
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 a Mount Ellen cabin in summer
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Bristol Hotel: "Little Gem of a Hotel"
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Buchanan boys at 592 marker at the Canadian border
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1933-06; 1950
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Granite marker 592 marks the U.S. / Canadian border on the Long Trail. Pictured are: Roy Buchanan in Canada on the right, son Chester in the center, and Bruce Buchanan on the left in the U.S.A. Slide colored by Mrs. Perry.
Title: Building a new trail on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1919-08; 1919-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
"Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Burlington Harbor and Rock Point from Battery Park
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Peck, G.E.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Colored by Miss G.E. Peck of Burlington, Vermont in 1918.
Title: Burtis W. Dean snowshoeing at age 3
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1914; 1914
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Slide colored by Mrs. Perry November, 1924.
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: 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 House, by Steever
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
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: Camel's Hump as it appears from the north slope of Mount Ethan Allen
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1916; 1916
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
This is a view from where one drops down to Montclair Glen. Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: Camel's Hump through the trees
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Richardson
Date: ; 1924-03-24
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
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.
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: Captain Kempie on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1922; 1922
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The women in the photo are identified as: Upper row: "Captain Kempie" and "Alpine Alice" (Alice Speetzen) Lower row: "1st Lieutenant 'Loot'" (Ethel A. Savacool), "Babe Ruth" (Ruth Gaiger) "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
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.
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