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 [16]
- Dean, Theron S. [16]
- Charles Beseler Co. [1]
- James, J. Fitz [1]
- Perry, Mrs. [1]
Place(s)
- Long Trail [32]
- Camels Hump [10]
- Battell Shelter [2]
- Bolton Mountain [2]
- Emily Proctor Shelter [2]
- Montclair Glen Lodge [2]
- Birch Glen Camp [1]
- Burnt Rock Mountain [1]
- Cooley Glen Shelter [1]
- Mount Wilson [1]
Format(s)
- image [33]
Genre(s)
- lantern slides [33]
- photographs [33]
- landscape photographs [1]
Topic(s)
- Monroe, W. S. (Will Seymour)1863-1939 [33]
- Hiking [31]
- Camping [10]
- Dean, Theron S. [4]
- Congdon, Herbert Wheaton1876-1965 [3]
- Taylor, James P. [1]
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Title: Monroe and Dean doing trail work
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Monroe and Farr on Burnt Rock
Creator: Dean, Theron S.; Charles Beseler Co.; Perry, Mrs.
Date: 1920?; 1920
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Resource type: landscape photographs
Slide made and colored by Beseler Co. and recolored by Mrs. Perry in March, 1929.
Title: Monroe and party at a shelter
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The shelter in this photograph is unidentified.
Title: Monroe at Emily Proctor Lodge
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1918-09-03; 1918-09-03
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Monroe painting blazes
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The sign in the photo reads "Whittier Ravine."
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: New Trail on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919-09; 1919-09
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured is Professor William Seymour Monroe and two unidentified men. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
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: Party on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1923-08-22; 1923-08-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are: 1. Alice W. Dean, 2. Professor Monroe, 3. Miss Goodell, 4. Miss Mabel Brounell (back), 5. Miss Kate Hickok, 6. Mr. Harry W. Dewey. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Professor Monroe and party on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1923-08-22; 1930
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are: 1. Alice W. Dean, 2. Professor Monroe, 3. Miss Goodell, 4. Miss Mabel Brounell (back), 5. Miss Kate Hickok, 6. Mr. Harry W. Dewey. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Professor Monroe and party on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1923-08-22; 1923-08-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are: 1. Alice W. Dean, 2. Professor Monroe, 3. Miss Goodell, 4. Miss Mabel Brounell (back), 5. Miss Kate Hickok, 6. Mr. Harry W. Dewey. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Professor Monroe and party on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: ; 1923-08-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are: 1. Alice W. Dean, 2. Professor Monroe, 3. Miss Goodell, 4. Miss Mabel Brounell (back), 5. Miss Kate Hickok, 6. Mr. Harry W. Dewey. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Professor Monroe and party on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: ; 1923-08-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are: 1. Alice W. Dean, 2. Professor Monroe, 3. Miss Goodell, 4. Miss Mabel Brounell (back), 5. Miss Kate Hickok, 6. Mr. Harry W. Dewey. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Professor Monroe and party on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: ; 1923-08-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are: 1. Alice W. Dean, 2. Professor Monroe, 3. Miss Goodell, 4. Miss Mabel Brounell (back), 5. Miss Kate Hickok, 6. Mr. Harry W. Dewey. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Professor Monroe and party on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: ; 1923-08-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are: 1. Alice W. Dean, 2. Professor Monroe, 3. Miss Goodell, 4. Miss Mabel Brounell (back), 5. Miss Kate Hickok, 6. Mr. Harry W. Dewey. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Professor Monroe and party on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: ; 1923-08-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are: 1. Alice W. Dean, 2. Professor Monroe, 3. Miss Goodell, 4. Miss Mabel Brounell (back), 5. Miss Kate Hickok, 6. Mr. Harry W. Dewey. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Professor Monroe and party on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump)
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Pictured are: 1. Alice W. Dean, 2. Professor Monroe, 3. Miss Goodell, 4. Miss Mabel Brounell (back), 5. Miss Kate Hickok, 6. Mr. Harry W. Dewey. "Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
Title: Professor Monroe at Battell Lodge (north side)
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1917-07-22; 1917-07-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: Professor Monroe at a guide post at Montclair Glen
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919-08; 1919-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
The signs in the image read: "Birch Lodge 7 3/4 miles" and "Camel's Hump Huts 2 3/4 miles." They both say "GMC" down the side indicating that they were placed there by the Green Mountain Club.
Title: Trail building 5 - painting blazes
Creator: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965
Date: 1919?; 1919?
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
This image is the fifth in the series of "Trail Building" photos by Herbert Wheaton Congdon. There are four others in the collection. The gentlemen pictured is identified in the original title as "V.", although this person looks very much like Professor Monroe. The sign in this image reads, " Whittier Ravine ."
Title: William Habada and Professor Monroe at the Bolton Skyline
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1925; 1925
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: William Seymour Monroe and Eugene Berry at Shelter Rock, Bolton Mountain
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1917-07-19; 1917-07-19
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Eugene Berry lived in Essex Jct., VT.
Title: William Seymour Monroe and Theron Dean
Creator: James, J. Fitz
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Title: William Seymour Monroe at Proctor Shelter
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1918-08; 1918-08
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Monroe is here pictured with packs and wheel at the Proctor Lodge.
Title: William Seymour Monroe at the Battell Shelter
Creator: Dean, Theron S.
Date: 1917-07-22; 1917-07-22
Resource type: photographs
Resource type: lantern slides
Taken on a Sunday afternoon.
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