Kelly Bennett and unknown man with cameras overlooking Bryson City from cemetery in snow

Kelly Bennett and unknown man with cameras overlooking Bryson City from cemetery in snow

Cameras

Cities and towns

Fences

Portraits, Group

Rivers -- North Carolina, Western

Snow

Winter

This northward view overlooking downtown from the Bryson City Cemetery shows “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974) and an unknown man both holding cameras and standing in the snow. 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.

Unknown

Kelly Bennett Collection

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

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negatives (photographs)

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StillImage

42541

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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