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Photograph of Agnes Vaille, one unidentified man and five unidentified women seated at on a peak posing for the photo. Photographer unknown. Early 20th century.

Photograph of Mary Cronin standing in front of a rocky slope. August 2, 1923. Photographer likely Agnes Vaille.

Photograph of Mary Cronin climbing a vertical rock wall. Early 20th century.

Photograph of Mary Cronin standing on a rock ledge next to a vertical wall, admiring the view - photographed by Agnes Vaille. Early 20th century.

Photograph of Mary Cronin climbing a rock wall - photographed by Agnes Vaille. Early 20th century.

Photograph of Mary Cronin with a backpack descending a slope toward a small wooden structure, a valley and mountain ridge in the background, photographed by Agnes Vaille. Early 20th century.

Selected illustrations from The Adventures of Miss Brown, Miss Jones and Miss Robinson at Biarritz and the Pyrenees. Published in 1879. This is an early record of female mountaineers.

A pamphlet advertising lectures on mountaineering and adventure by Dora Keen.

Copy of message sent from Fanny Bullock Workman to Henry G. Bryant, Secretary of the American Alpine Club. The message is dated December 23, 1909 and is sent from London to Philadelphia.

Copy of resolution passed by the American Alpine Club at an Annual Meeting in Baltimore on January 2nd, 1909. The resolution states that an AAC Committee of the Society should be appointed to find out the height of Mt. Huascaran in Peru.