Booth at the Cherokee Indian Fair

Booth at the Cherokee Indian Fair

Cherokee Indians -- Social life and customs

Events

Fairs

Portraits, Group

Restaurants

Booths

Delivery trucks

A booth at the Cherokee Indian Fair has a sign reading “LUNCHES BY LADIES OF METHODIST CHURCH” with NEHI advertisements across the front. Women are working behind the counter and men are standing in front being served. The photograph was taken by “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974), 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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2021-05-21

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Qualla Boundary

Cherokee (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia