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This image showing Bryson City during the 1940 flood was taken by “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974). Bennett was a prominent pharmacist in Swain County, NC. Owner of the Bryson City Drug Company, Bennett served as alderman and mayor of Bryson City, on…

This image of Bryson City during the 1940 flood from north side of the river looking south was taken by “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974). Bennett was a prominent pharmacist in Swain County, NC. Owner of the Bryson City Drug Company, Bennett served as…

This image showing Bryson City during the 1940 flood from the south side of the Everett Street bridge looking upstream was taken by “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974). Bennett was a prominent pharmacist in Swain County, NC. Owner of the Bryson City Drug…

Written on the negative is “D.79 Highway Bridge Cullowhee, N.C. © K. E. Bennett 1940.” This 1940 flood photograph shows, from the perspective of the nearby train tracks, a bridge in Cullowhee damaged by a large pile of debris. In the background is a…

Written on the negative is “D.78 Highway Bridge Cullowhee, N.C. © K. E. Bennett 1940.” This 1940 flood photograph shows a bridge in Cullowhee damaged by a large pile of debris in the Tuckasegee River. The photographer, “Doc” Kelly Bennett…

This image showing cars stopped along a swollen river is likely a scene from the 1940 flood and was taken by “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974). Bennett was a prominent pharmacist in Swain County, NC. Owner of the Bryson City Drug Company, Bennett…

This 1964 photograph, taken by Asheville Citizen-Times photographer June Glenn, Jr. (1921-2006), shows Hubert Hayes and Mountain Youth Jamboree performers standing on the porch of Hubert Hayes Memorial Log Cabin. Founder and director of the Mountain…

This 1958 photograph shows the third grade Canton Cloggers dancing at Bethel Christian School in Canton, North Carolina. Founder and director of the Mountain Youth Jamboree, Hubert H. Hayes (1901-1964) auditioned and directed youth to perform in folk…

This series of historic postcards depicts various sites in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County and is the largest city in western North Carolina. In 1880, Asheville was linked by a rail line that…

This undated photograph is from film that was brought to Sherrill's Studio for developing, but the prints were never picked up. The name written on the unclaimed envelope is Claude Hoglen. George Dexter Sherrill (1879-1931) opened the first…