Sign

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Sign

Entry/Object ID

1989.1.2

Description

Yellow sign framed in black and printed with an elevation map of Mt. Mansfield with the Long Trail and other trails marked. Taft Lodge and other lodges are also marked. The Green Mountain Club logo--a pine tree in a circle with GMC--is shown twice. A small title under the map reads "MT. Mansfield and Vicinity" The scale for this map is 1/2mile = 1 1/2". Written on the back is the inscription, "This map painted c. 1940 by Elton Ray Beal (1897-1971) of 77 Pomeroy St.., Burlington, VT. He was employed by the Engineering Dept. of the University of Vermont, and was an active member of the GMC."

Context

Made by the Green Mountain Club to show trails and lodges in Mount Mansfield, including the Long Trail.

Acquisition

Accession

1989.1

Source or Donor

Acomb, Merlin Lloyd

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1940 - 1950

Place

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sign

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Visual Communication Devices

Nomenclature Class

Visual Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

31-1/2 in

Width

25 in

Depth

2 in

Material

Wood, Paint

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Green Mountain Club

Related Places

Place

Mountain

Mount Mansfield

Town

Underhill

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Place

* Untyped Place

Long Trail

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Web Links and URLs

Green Mountain Club records, 1910-

Interpretative Labels

Label

Trail Map, 1940 Elton Ray Beal (1897-1971) Burlington, Vermont Paint on board Gift of Merlin Lloyd Acomb, #1989.1.2 An employee of UVM’s engineering school, Elton Beal spent free time as a volunteer with the Green Mountain Club. Though posted trail maps are common at all trail heads today, this type of information was not as readily available in the early years of the Long Trail. This hand-painted sign shows much of the Mount Mansfield section with lodges and side trails noted.