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With the exception of photographs by Esther Howe Wheeler Anderson and William Wheeler Anderson (nos. 39-41 and 47-49), all images are from originals in the Concord Free Public Library Special Collections. No image held by the library may be reproduced in any form, including electronic, without permission. Use of the Anderson images requires the permission of W.W. Anderson (contact information available through CFPL Special Collections).

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1. Henry David Thoreau.  Walden Pond, manuscript survey (ink on paper), [1846].  No. 133a in CFPL Thoreau survey collection.

2. H.F. Walling.  Walden Pond, close-up section (enlarged) of Walling’s Map of the Town of Concord, Middlesex County Mass. Surveyed by Authority of the Town (Boston: H.F. Walling, 1852).  Legend reads: "White Pond & Walden Pond from Surveys by H.D. Thoreau, Civ. Engr."

3. Henry David Thoreau.  Walden Pond. A reduced Plan. 1846, plate in Thoreau’s Walden: or, Life in the Woods (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854).

4. Henry David Thoreau.  RWE Lot by Walden (surveyed by Hubbard Dec ’48, copied Dec ’57), manuscript survey (pencil on paper).  No. 31a in CFPL Thoreau survey collection.

5. D.W Butterfield, photographer, for Fitchburg Railroad.  Pic-Nic Grounds at Walden Pond, Concord, Mass., card stereograph showing railroad tracks (looking west), amusement park buildings at right, [late 1860s].

6. D.W. Butterfield, photographer, for Fitchburg Railroad.  Pic-Nic Grounds at Walden Pond, Concord, Mass., card stereograph showing railroad tracks (looking east), Walden, and swings at amusement park, [late 1860s].

7. Entrance gate at Walden amusement park, photograph, [187-].

8. [Artist unknown.]  Amusement park at Walden, painting (oil on canvas), [187- or 188-].

9. Alfred Munroe.  Thoreau’s Cove, mounted photograph, [189-].

10. Alfred Winslow Hosmer.  Walden Pond (winter), mounted cabinet card photograph, [189-].

11. Alfred Winslow Hosmer.  Walden Pond and cairn, [189-].  No. I.82 in CFPL’s collection of Hosmer glass plate negatives.

12. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Sand Beach, south shore, Walden Pond, 1899 Nov. 6.  No. II.1899.43 in CFPL’s Robbins-Mills Collection of Gleason negatives.

13. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Eastern shore, Walden Pond, 1899 Nov. 6, 4:00 p.m.  No. II.1899.44 in CFPL’s Robbins-Mills Collection of Gleason negatives.

14. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Walden Pond, October foliage, hand-colored lantern slide made ca. 1917 from photograph taken 1899 Nov. 7.  No. 2.48 in CFPL’s collection of Gleason lantern slides.

15. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Walden from Emerson’s Cliff, hand-colored lantern slide made ca. 1917 from photograph taken 1899 Nov. 7.  No. 2.40 in CFPL’s collection of Gleason lantern slides.

16. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Walden in winter, arching limb, hand-colored lantern slide made ca. 1917 from photograph taken 1900 Mar. 27.  No. 2.49 in CFPL’s collection of Gleason lantern slides.

17. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Snow-laden maples, Thoreau’s Point, 1902 Feb. 2.  No. 1902.1 in CFPL’s Robbins Collection of Gleason negatives.

18. Ladies’ bath house, Walden, photograph, 1903.

19. Men’s bath house, Walden, photograph, 1903.

20. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  South shore, Walden Pond, 1903 May 30.  No. II.1903.10 in CFPL’s Robbins-Mills Collection of Gleason negatives.

21. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Swimming beach at Walden [with skinny-dippers], 1903 May 30.  No. II.1903.11 in CFPL’s Robbins-Mills Collection of Gleason negatives.

22. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Overlooking Walden Pond toward Mt. Wachusett, from Pine Hill, 1906 Apr. 28.  No. II.1906.5 in CFPL’s Robbins-Mills Collection of Gleason negatives.

23. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Indian path by Thoreau’s Cove, Walden Pond, 1908 June 2.  No. 1908.8 in CFPL’s Robbins Collection of Gleason negatives.

24. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Thoreau’s Cove in winter, Walden Pond, 1916 Mar. 16.  No. 1916.4 in CFPL’s Robbins Collection of Gleason negatives.

25. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Across Thoreau’s Cove toward pines on north shore, Walden Pond, 1916 Aug. 14.  No. 1916.82 in CFPL’s Robbins Collection of Gleason negatives.

26. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Deep Cove, Walden Pond, showing sandbar, 1917 Nov. 17.  No. 1917.59 FILM in CFPL’s Robbins Collection of Gleason negatives.

27. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Fox tracks along west bank, Walden Pond, 1918 Feb. 18.  No. II.1918.24 FILM in CFPL’s Robbins-Mills Collection of Gleason negatives.

28. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Stony shore of Walden Pond,--south shore, leaning pine, 1918 Apr. 24.  No. II.1918.107 FILM in CFPL’s Robbins-Mills Collection of Gleason negatives.

29. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  The sand-bar, Walden Pond, 1918 Apr. 24.  No. II.1918.110 FILM in CFPL’s Robbins-Mills Collection of Gleason negatives.

30. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  The Fitchburg railroad and Walden Pond in winter, 1920 Mar. 24.  No. II.1920.5 FILM in CFPL’s Robbins-Mills Collection of Gleason negatives.

31. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Northwest cove of Walden, ice breaking up (train in distance), 1920 Mar. 31.  No. II.1920.34 FILM in CFPL’s Robbins-Mills Collection of Gleason negatives.

32. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Sun sparkles on Walden, from Heywood’s Peak, 1920 Oct. 21.  No. 1920.57 FILM in CFPL’s Robbins Collection of Gleason negatives.

33. Plan of Walden Pond State Reservation, 1922 Dec.  "Note: Data for outline of pond taken from map on file in the office of the Department of Public Works, Division of Waterways, State House, Boston. Dated 1902. Surveyed by H.S. Wood et al."

34. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Overlooking swimming beach at Walden Pond, 1924 Aug. 24.  No. 1924.2 in CFPL’s Robbins Collection of Gleason negatives.

35. Herbert Wendell Gleason.  Swimming crowd at Walden Pond; person on [diving] board, 1924 Aug. 24.  No. 1924.6 in CFPL’s Robbins Collection of Gleason negatives.

36. Sandy Beach, Walden Pond, photograph, 1933 Apr. 19.

37. Ashworth.  Aerial photograph of Concord showing Walden Pond, from series covering all sections of the town, 1938.

38. New England Survey Service.  Aerial photograph of Walden Pond, [194-].

39. Esther Howe Wheeler Anderson.  Fishing at Thoreau’s Cove, color photograph, 1956.

40. Esther Howe Wheeler Anderson.  Snowshoeing around Walden, color photograph, 1956.

41. Esther Howe Wheeler Anderson.  Gazing out across Walden, color photograph, 1956.

42. Keith Martin.  Destruction of shore at Walden (showing sand piles and trucks), photograph, 1957.

43. Keith Martin.  Destruction at Walden (showing tree stump), photograph, 1957.

44. Keith Martin.  Scenic Walden view, photograph, [undated].

45. Alessandro Macone.  Constructing cribwork to preventing erosion on path at Walden, photograph, [1960].

46. Roland Robbins.  Sandbar at Walden, color photograph, [undated].

47. William Wheeler Anderson.  Sitting by Walden watching the swimmers, color photograph, [197-]. (Reproduced courtesy William Wheeler Anderson.)

48. William Wheeler Anderson.  Across Walden ice on a melting winter day, color photograph, [197-]. (Reproduced courtesy William Wheeler Anderson.)

49. William Wheeler Anderson.  Across Walden ice to the bath house, color photograph, [197-]. (Reproduced courtesy William Wheeler Anderson.)

50. Thoreau Country Conservation Alliance.  Map of Walden Woods for newspaper publication (paid advertisement), showing location of proposed construction on Bear Garden Hill and Brister’s Hill, 1988.

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