More Women Climbing in the late 1800s and early 1900s
Elmina Buhl on the Bergschrund, Gannett Peak, 1924.
On September 10, 1922, Buhl made the first ascent (by a woman) of the East Face of Longs Peak.
Photograph of Elmina Buhl dropping into the icy bergschrund using a rope.Typed on reverse of print: "Mrs. Buhl dropping into Fremont bergschrund. 8/8/24 CB"
Albert Ellingwood, Elmina Buhl, Carl Blaurock and Hermann Buhl posing in front of the cairn on the summit of Gannett Peak.
Typed on reverse of print: "Summit of Gannett. 8/11/24 CB"
Mrs. Thompson sitting in the snow with an ice axe and rope. Date is unknown.
Mrs. Thompson climbing a snow outcropping with ice axe and rope. Date is unknown.
Women relaxing while on the annual Colorado Mountain Club outing in the Never Summer Mountains, 1921. From the Colorado Mountain Club Archives.
Admiring the view. From the Annual Outing Colorado Mountain Club scrapbook, Never Summer Mountains, 1921.
From the Colorado Mountain Club Archives.
On the Annual Outing of the Colorado Mountain Club in the Never Summer Mountains, 1921.
From the Colorado Mountain Club Archives.
Women on the Rocks. Annual Outing in the Never Summer Mountains, 1921.
From the Colorado Mountain Club Archives.
Another shot from the Annual Outing in the Never Summer Mountains, 1921.
From the Colorado Mountain Club Archives.
CMC Outing Group Photo, Annual Outing in the Never Summer Mountains, 1921.
From the Colorado Mountain Club Archives.
Selected illustrations from The Adventures of Miss Brown, Miss Jones and Miss Robinson at Biarritz and the Pyrenees. Published in 1879.
Mary contemplates a route up Mt. Wilson. Photo by Agnes Vaille, 1923.
Mary Cronin at cliff face on Wetterhorn Peak, 1923. Photo by Agnes Vaille.
These are photos of women about whom we have little to no information, but should nonetheless be included in this exhibit.