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...
Show moreThe 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 traveled 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 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/.
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Lesson Plans
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- At the base of Mount Ellen: 4 A.M start
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This winter expedition is getting an early morning start at 4 A.M.
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- Baby fox near Jay Peak
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- 1927-08-26
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- Birds and William Seymour Monroe
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The original title identifies these birds as "Clarksonias," although this name does not appear to be common.
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- Caretaker on Couching Lion (Camel's Hump) preparing to cook a porcupine
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"Couching Lion" is the previous name for Camel's Hump.
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- Completion of trail building at Battell Shelter
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- 1917-08-31
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Lantern slide colored by Mrs. Perry.
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- Covered bridge and cows
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- Deer on Mount Mansfield
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- Herbert Wheaton Congdon with a porcupine
- Date Created
- 1940
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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.
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- Hermit Thrush
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- Jeffersonville Depot
- Date Created
- 1920-02-20
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- Leverett Smith and porcupine at Dunsmoor Lodge
- Date Created
- 1920-08-25
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- Man, woman and dog on top of rock ledge
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The man in this image may be Herbert Wheaton Congdon
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- Men with horse and buggy
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The original image image contains a note stating that the original image is from Robert Wilkinson of Montpelier, Vermont.
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- Monroe Party leaving the Atkins House
- Date Created
- 1917-08-31
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- Mrs. Davis, unknown, oxen, Mr. Herr, and Mr. Henry Davis
- Date Created
- 1924-05-21
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Pictured are: Mrs. Davis, unknown, oxen, Mr. Herr, and Mr. Henry Davis. Slide colored by Mrs. Perry.
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- Mrs. Davis, unknown, oxen, Mr. Herr, and Mr. Henry Davis
- Date Created
- 1924-05-21
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Pictured are: Mrs. Davis, unknown, oxen, Mr. Herr, and Mr. Henry Davis.
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- Mrs. Davis, unknown, oxen, Mr. Herr, and Mr. Henry Davis
- Date Created
- 1924-05-21
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Pictured are: Mrs. Davis, unknown, oxen, Mr. Herr, and Mr. Henry Davis.