Bryson City High School boys' basketball team

Bryson City High School boys' basketball team

Basketball coaches

Basketball teams

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High school buildings

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This image shows the 1926-27 Bryson City High School boys basketball team standing at the back of school building, and was taken by “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974). Left to right are Coach Jess Warrick, Commodore Casada, Harry Marlowe, unknown, Bill Medford, unknown, H. H. Welch, Carroll Wright, unknown, and Coach Marr with unknown child. 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 the Swain County Board of Education, as well as several terms as NC State Senator and NC State Representative. He participated in numerous other initiatives and organizations. Known as the “Apostle of the Smokies,” Bennett was an instrumental figure in the movement to create the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He was also an avid photographer, skillfully documenting a wide variety of people, places, and events in Swain County and the surrounding area.

Bennett, Kelly, 1890-1974

Kelly Bennett Collection

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

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2021-05-13

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Bryson City (N.C.)

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia