School in Hewitt, North Carolina

School in Hewitt, North Carolina

Portraits, Group

Rural schools -- North Carolina -- Swain County

School buildings

School children

Schools

Teachers -- North Carolina -- Swain County

This glass plate negative labeled school Hewitts is part of the Frank Fry Collection and shows a group of people standing in front of a school house. Frank Emmett Fry (December 13, 1877-February 12, 1939), originally from Ohio, settled in western North Carolina around 1895. He was superintendent of the North Carolina Talc and Mining Company, located in Hewitt, NC (Swain County), and was also involved in the lumber industry. He married Martha Emerelda Pender (February 24, 1879-October 31, 1958), and the couple had seven children. Fry’s photography appears to date from the first decade of the 1900’s, and features images of Hewitt, Bryson City, and the surrounding area.

Fry, Frank E. (Frank Emmett), 1877-1939

Frank Fry Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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Click on the link provided to view more information about the Fry family history: http://www.friendsofthebccemetery.org/files/biographical/Fry_%20Family_History.pdf

2019-10-08

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Swain County (N.C.)

Hewitt (N.C.)

7" x 5"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia