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 [198]
- Dean, Theron S. [130]
- Perry, Mrs. [19]
- Wilkinson, Robert [13]
- Johnson, Eric [10]
- Perry, Mrs. F.A. [5]
- Brehmer [4]
- Chamberlain, Allen, b. 1867 [4]
- Charles Beseler Co. [4]
- Thurston, John H. [4]
- Joslin [3]
- Puffer, Louis [3]
- Richardson [3]
- Smith [3]
- Bentley, W. A. (Wilson Alwyn), 1865-1931 [1]
- Clark, Byron [1]
- Cowles, Clarence P. [1]
- Fuller, Clayton [1]
- Hanston [1]
- Holmes [1]
- Houston [1]
- Marshall, Dr. [1]
- Peck, G.E. [1]
- Peck, Miss [1]
- Standard Slide Corp. [1]
- White, Wills J. [1]
- Wilhiamson [1]
Place(s)
- Long Trail [376]
- Camels Hump [87]
- Mount Mansfield [82]
- Mount Abraham [32]
- Mount Ellen [17]
- Bolton Mountain [13]
- Smugglers Notch [13]
- Pico Peak [12]
- Stark Mountain [8]
- Bread Loaf Mountain [7]
- Lincoln Mountain [7]
- Burnt Rock Mountain [6]
- Jay Peak [6]
- Lake of the Clouds [6]
- Mount Ethan Allen [6]
- Town of Bolton [6]
- Battell Shelter [5]
- Sterling Pond [5]
- Bromley Mountain [4]
- Lincoln Peak [4]
- Molly Stark Mountain [4]
- Barnes Camp [3]
- Jeffersonville [3]
- Killington Peak [3]
- Madonna Peak [3]
- Mount Grant [3]
- Nebraska Notch [3]
- Pleiad Lake [3]
- Taft Lodge [3]
- Town of Bristol [3]
- Town of Huntington [3]
- Town of Stowe [3]
- Town of Underhill [3]
- Town of Warren [3]
- White Rocks [3]
- Belvidere Mountain [2]
- City of Burlington [2]
- Morses Mill [2]
- Mount Horrid [2]
- Mount Ira Allen [2]
- Mount Roosevelt [2]
- Prospect Rock [2]
- Round Top [2]
- Stratton Mountain [2]
- Town of Bennington [2]
- Town of Killington [2]
- Town of Shrewsbury [2]
- Winooski River [2]
- Beaver Meadow [1]
- Bolton Lodge [1]
- Button Hill [1]
- Chilcoot Pass [1]
- Chittenden Reservoir [1]
- Dorset Mountain [1]
- Elephants Head [1]
- French Hill [1]
- Green Mountain [1]
- Griffith Shelter [1]
- Harmon Hill [1]
- Haystack Mountain [1]
- Hazens Notch [1]
- Journeys End Camp [1]
- Lake Mansfield [1]
- Little Rock Pond [1]
- Mendon Peak [1]
- Middlesex Center [1]
- Molly Stark Trail [1]
- Mount Carmel [1]
- Mount Hunger [1]
- Mount Pisgah [1]
- Mount Wilson [1]
- Pico Pond [1]
- Ritterbush Pond [1]
- Somerset Reservoir [1]
- Sterling Range [1]
- Stratton Pond [1]
- Styles Peak [1]
- Sugarloaf Mountain [1]
- Taylor Lodge [1]
- Theron Dean Shelter [1]
- Town of Duxbury [1]
- Town of Mendon [1]
- Town of Montgomery [1]
- Town of Plymouth [1]
- Town of Starksboro [1]
- Town of Wallingford [1]
Format(s)
- image [384]
Genre(s)
- landscape photographs [384]
- lantern slides [384]
- photographs [384]
Topic(s)
- Hiking [362]
- Congdon, Herbert Wheaton1876-1965 [10]
- Camping [6]
- Burnham, Lyman [5]
- Farmhouses [5]
- Cowles, Clarence P. (Clarence Porter)1875-1963 [3]
- Boats and boating [2]
- Dean, Theron S. [2]
- Hotels [2]
- Chamberlain, Allenb. 1867 [1]
- Cows [1]
- Flood damage [1]
- Horses [1]
- Monroe, W. S. (Will Seymour)1863-1939 [1]
- Olney, Ward [1]
- Puffer, Louis [1]
- Smith, Gilbert [1]
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Title: South from Dunsmoor Lodge - Camel's Hump in the distance
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1920-08; 1920-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Camel's Hump was previously referred to also as "Couching Lion."
Title: South from Mount Ellen looking toward Bread Loaf Mountain
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Wilkinson, Robert
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Negative and slide by Robert Wilkinson.
Title: South from cliff lookout on Mount Mansfield's Forehead Trail
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08-19; 1920-08-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: South from 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
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: South slope of Mount Hunger
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1921-10-02; 1921-10-02
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: South trail through the high pastures South of Bromley Mountain
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1921-08; 1921-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: South view from Mount Abraham
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: South view from Mount Roosevelt
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Southeast from Burnt Rock Mountain
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1930-12-10; 1930-12-10
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Southeast view from Mount Ellen overlooking Warren
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Southerly view from Mount Abraham: September 22, 1918
Creator: Chamberlain, Allen, b. 1867
Date: 1918-09-22; 1918-09-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Southerly winter view from Mount Ellen
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Sterling Pond
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1926-03-19; 1926-03-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Sterling Pond and Mount Mansfield from Madonna lookout
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1919?; 1919?
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Sterling Pond and mountain from the Moulds Trail
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Sterling Range from the trail to Mount Mansfield's Adams apple
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-02-21; 1920-02-21
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Stratton Mountain from Stratton Pond looking East
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1921; 1930; 1921; 1930
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
The elevation at the point where this photo was taken is 3859 feet. The slide was colored by "K." in Feb, 1929.
Title: Sugarloaf and Nebraska Notch
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
The images inscription at the bottom reads: "The Notch from Underhill Side - Photo by M___" (illegible).
Title: Summit House Hotel and chin of Mount Mansfield from the South
Creator: Wilkinson, Robert
Date: 1926-05-06; 1926-05-06
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
This building is also referred to as the "Vermont Hotel."
Title: Summit House Hotel on Mount Mansfield: chin in the background
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1929
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
This building is also referred to as the "Vermont Hotel." Slide colored by Mrs. Perry.
Title: Summit House on Mount Mansfield
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
This building is also referred to as the "Vermont Hotel."
Title: Summit House on Mount Mansfield from afar
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1926?; 1926
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
This building is also referred to as the "Vermont Hotel."
Title: Summit House on Mount Mansfield looking east from trail to nose
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08-19; 1920-08-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
This building is also referred to as the "Vermont Hotel."
Title: Summit and clouds
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1914; 1914
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Summit of Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1914-09; 1914-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
"Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
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