Gwendolyn Bennett Coleman with Sam B. Coleman

Gwendolyn Bennett Coleman with Sam B. Coleman

Dwellings

Portraits, Group

Infants

Women

“Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974) took this image of his daughter Gwendolyn Bennett Coleman holding a roll of film out of reach of her son, Sam B. Coleman (1938-2016). 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

1939

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negatives (photographs)

portraits

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StillImage

42533

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2021-05-21

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Swain County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia