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: Taft Lodge on Mount Mansfield
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1935-08-09; 1935-08-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Taylor Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Taylor Lodge and Twitchell
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Perry, Mrs.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Colored by Mrs. Perry in March of 1929.
Title: Tent in Cooley Glen
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1918?; 1918?
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
A lodge was built in Cooley Glen in 1919. Pictured are Allen and Gilbert Smith, along with Herbert Wheaton Congdon.
Title: The Bride: Mrs. LeSage on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1918; 1918
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
"Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: The Carpenters
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: The Carpenters
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: The Three Musketeers
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are: Catherine Robbins, Hilda Kurth, and Kathleen Norris. Miss Robbins and Hilda Kurth were teachers, and Miss Robbins attended Middlebury College. These three were the first women to hike the entirety of the Long Trail. They covered 280 miles in 27 days.
Title: The building of Sucker Brook Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The original title identifies "Voter" but does not identify the second man pictured.
Title: The two spirits of Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The women in the photo are not identified. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: The two spirits of Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1926-09-19; 1926-09-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The women in the photo are not identified. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Theron Dean emerging from the cave he discovered
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1917-02-18; 1917-02-18
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Theron S. Dean scouting a trail on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The original title of this photo notes that it was a gift from Theron S. Dean. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Three Jacksons at Montclair Glen Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1926-09-19; 1926-09-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Three Musketeers and music
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are (from left to right): Catherine Robbins, Hilda Kurth, and Kathleen Norris. Miss Robbins and Hilda Kurth were teachers, and Miss Robbins attended Middlebury College. These three were the first women to hike the entirety of the Long Trail. They covered 280 miles in 27 days.
Title: Three Musketeers sitting at Hazens Notch
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1927; 1927
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are (from left to right): Catherine Robbins, Hilda Kurth, and Kathleen Norris. Miss Robbins and Hilda Kurth were teachers, and Miss Robbins attended Middlebury College. These three were the first women to hike the entirety of the Long Trail. They covered 280 miles in 27 days. The marker behind them reads "Long Trail South."
Title: Three Musketeers sitting at Hazens Notch
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are (from left to right): Catherine Robbins, Hilda Kurth, and Kathleen Norris. Miss Robbins and Hilda Kurth were teachers, and Miss Robbins attended Middlebury College. These three were the first women to hike the entirety of the Long Trail. They covered 280 miles in 27 days. The marker behind them reads "Long Trail South."
Title: Three men at Taylor Lodge in Nebraska Notch
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1935-08-08; 1935-08-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
There are four directional signs attached to the tree in this image. Those that are legible read “Bolton Lodge” and “Mansfield Mountain [???] Lodge.”
Title: Three men eating outside Glen Ellen Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Three young people in front of a lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The three young people in this image are not identified.
Title: Through spruces to Beane's Farm
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The person in this photograph is identified as "Miss Taylor."
Title: Tip of frosted balsam and Long Trail sign on Lincoln Mountain near Mount Ellen
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1917-10-07; 1917-10-07
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The original title included the names Miss Goodell and Jess Farrete. Their role in the creation of the slide was not given.
Title: Tower on Bolton Mountain
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1935?; 1935
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Trail North from the Lincoln-Warren Pass
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Trail clearing south of Burnt Rock Mountain
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1916; 1916
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The men in this image are unidentified.
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