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
Rights: Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to the UVM Libraries' Center for Digital Initiatives at cdi@uvm.edu. For more information, see http://cdi.uvm.edu/about/rights. More information.
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- Long Trail [49]
- Mount Mansfield [6]
- Cooley Glen Shelter [4]
- Mount Abraham [4]
- Camels Hump [2]
- Montclair Glen Lodge [2]
- Town of Bolton [2]
- Battell Shelter [1]
- Bread Loaf Mountain [1]
- Lake Mansfield [1]
- Lincoln Gap [1]
- Mount Ellen [1]
- Mount Grant [1]
- Nebraska Notch [1]
- Smugglers Notch [1]
- Sterling Pond [1]
- Town of Shrewsbury [1]
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- image [49]
Genre(s)
- lantern slides [49]
- photographs [49]
- landscape photographs [10]
Topic(s)
- Congdon, Herbert Wheaton1876-1965 [49]
- Hiking [49]
- Camping [15]
- Smith, Leverett [8]
- Surveying Instruments [7]
- Burnham, Lyman [1]
- Dean, Theron S. [1]
- Gilbert, Connie [1]
- Taylor, James P. [1]
- Waterfalls [1]
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Title: Herbert Wheaton Congdon and two pails
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1940; 1940
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: Herbert Wheaton Congdon at Cooley Glen
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1919-09; 1919-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Herbert Wheaton Congdon in uniform
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: Herbert Wheaton Congdon in uniform from behind
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: Herbert Wheaton Congdon on raft
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: Herbert Wheaton Congdon profile in uniform 1
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: Herbert Wheaton Congdon profile in uniform 2
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: Herbert Wheaton Congdon with a porcupine
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1940; 1940
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: Leverett Smith and Herbert Wheaton Congdon at lunch on Mount Mansfield's Old Long Trail
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08; 1920-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Photo taken 1/2 a mile away from the the Needle's Eye.
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919?; 1919?
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Lincoln - Warren Pass looking North
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919?; 1919?
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured in this image are Herbert W. Congdon and Gilbert Smith. The Lincoln-Warren Pass is also called "Lincoln Gap" or "Lincoln-Warren Gap."
Title: Lunch near big birches
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1926?; 1926?
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are (from left to right): . Connie Gilbert, Herbert Wheaton Congdon, Miss Murphy, Helen Jones.
Title: Lyman Burnham and Captain Congdon looking north from Mount Abraham to Mount Ellen
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1918; 1918
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Title: Man, woman and dog on top of rock ledge
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The man in this image may be Herbert Wheaton Congdon
Title: Men in underbrush
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1914; 1914
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The man on the far left may be Herbert Wheaton Congdon. 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: Montclair Lodge
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919-08; 1919-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured in this image are (from left to right): Gilbert Smith, Allen Smith, Theron Dean, Professor William Seymour Monroe, Miss Monroe, Herbert W. Congdon, Smith, Unknown, James P. Taylor, and Clarence P. Cowles.
Title: Party assembled in front of a shelter
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1920-08-08; 1920-08-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are (from left to right): Captain Herbert Wheaton Congdon, a boy with Congdon, Professor William Seymour Monroe, Miss Monroe, Miss Mabel Brownwell, Colonel Whittlesey, Colonel Whittlesey's friend.
Title: Plane table
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The man pictured is Herbert Wheaton Congdon.
Title: Sunset from Dunsmoor Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1920-08-24; 1920-08-24
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
The man in the image may be Herbert Wheaton Congdon. Slide recolored by Mrs. Perry November 16, 1924.
Title: Taconic Range from trail just west of Shrewsbury Pond
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1921-08-13; 1921-08-13
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Pictured in the photo is Herbert Wheaton Congdon.
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: Three men sitting near the trail
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1914; 1914
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The man on the far right may be Herbert Wheaton Congdon. 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: Trail North from the Lincoln-Warren Pass
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: West from Mount Abraham at sunrise
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1918-09; 1918-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Pictured in this photograph is Herbert Wheaton Congdon.
Title: West from the westerly end of the Nebraska Notch Trail to Mount Mansfield
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1920-08; 1920-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Pictured in this image is Herbert Wheaton Congdon.
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