Long Trail Photographs

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 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. The original slides can be viewed in the Dean and Congdon collections at the University of Vermont Silver Special Collections Library. More information about the Long Trail can be obtained from the Green Mountain Club. The slides were scanned by the University's Landscape Change Program with the generous support of the National Science Foundation. The digitized photographs also appear in the Landscape Change image database at: http://www.uvm.edu/landscape/

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Miniature of Reverend F.M. Hazen and children of Johnson, VT - Jay Peak in the background
Reverend F.M. Hazen and children of Johnson, VT - Jay Peak in the background
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    • Parent Collections: Long Trail Photographs
    Miniature of Reverend F.M. Hazen and children of Johnson, VT - Jay Peak in the background
    Reverend F.M. Hazen and children of Johnson, VT - Jay Peak in the background
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      • Parent Collections: Long Trail Photographs
      Miniature of Lodge in the Mount Mansfield Region
      Lodge in the Mount Mansfield Region
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        • Date Created: 1926?
        • Description: The only readable sign on the marker pole reads: "Bread Loaf Inn 2."
        • Parent Collections: Long Trail Photographs
        Miniature of Andy R. Buchanan en route to Bolton Lodge
        Andy R. Buchanan en route to Bolton Lodge
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          • Date Created: 1929-09
          • Description: Photo taken by Andy's father, Professor R.O. Buchanan of Burlington, Vermont.
          • Parent Collections: Long Trail Photographs
          Miniature of Andy R. Buchanan en route to Bolton Lodge
          Andy R. Buchanan en route to Bolton Lodge
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            • Date Created: 1929-09
            • Description: Photo taken by Andy's father, Professor R.O. Buchanan of Burlington, Vermont. Slide made January 2, 1930 by Clark.
            • Parent Collections: Long Trail Photographs
            Miniature of Professor Buchanan and Andy Buchanan en route to Bolton Lodge
            Professor Buchanan and Andy Buchanan en route to Bolton Lodge
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              • Date Created: 1929-09
              • Description: Pictured here is Professor Buchanan and a boy that is identified elsewhere in this collection as Andy Buchanan. The original slide states that Andy is here 2 1/2 years old and that they have walked two of the four miles to the lodge. Slide done by Clark on January 2, 1930.
              • Parent Collections: Long Trail Photographs
              Miniature of Burtis W. Dean snowshoeing at age 3
              Burtis W. Dean snowshoeing at age 3
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                • Date Created: 1914
                • Description: Slide colored by Mrs. Perry November, 1924.
                • Parent Collections: Long Trail Photographs
                Miniature of Bolton Long Trail sign, looking East at Bolton
                Bolton Long Trail sign, looking East at Bolton
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                  • Date Created: 1923-05-23 00:00:00
                  • Description: The sign in this image reads: " A footpath in the wilderness Long Trail." Milemarkers attached to the sign read: "Killington 82 M, Camel's Hump 4.5 M, Massachusetts State Line 181.6 M, Montclair Glen 6.5 M, Lincoln Mt. 25.8, Dunsmoor Lodge 5.6 M, Summit Bolton Mt. 6.7 M, Lake Mansfield 9.8 M, Summit 15.4 M, Mt. Mansfield Taft Lodge 17.2 M." The negative was made by Theron Dean on May 6, 1923 and it was colored by Mrs. Perry on February of 1929.
                  • Parent Collections: Long Trail Photographs
                  Miniature of Where does sap come from? Miss Florence Jones of Waitsfield and her Papa
                  Where does sap come from? Miss Florence Jones of Waitsfield and her Papa
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                    • Date Created: 1922
                    • Description: Florence Jones was born on July 19, 1919 and was three years old in this photograph.
                    • Parent Collections: Long Trail Photographs
                    Miniature of Where does sap come from? Miss Florence Jones of Waitsfield and her Papa
                    Where does sap come from? Miss Florence Jones of Waitsfield and her Papa
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                      • Date Created: 1922
                      • Description: Florence Jones was born on July 19, 1919 and was three years old in this photograph.
                      • Parent Collections: Long Trail Photographs