Bryson City High School basketball game

Bryson City High School basketball game

Automobiles

Basketball

Basketball courts

Basketball players

Children

Events

Portraits, Group

Transportation

Sports spectators

This image shows a Bryson City High School basketball game being played on the outside basketball court, now a football practice field and middle school playground, and was taken by “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974). A 1925-26 Chevrolet can be seen in the background. 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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Swain County (N.C.)

Bryson City (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia