Carolina Wood Turning Company

Carolina Wood Turning Company

Automobiles

Ford Model T automobile

Industrial chimneys

Lumber

Lumber trade

Lumber-yards

Railroad cars

Railroad tracks

Timber

This photograph, taken from between the railroad tracks and the Tuckasegee River, shows the Carolina Wood Turning Company with loaded train cars on the tracks beside it. Traveling on the road to the right of the drive is likely an early 20s Ford Model T and to the left is likely a mid-20s Buick. Parked inside the plant is likely a 1923 4-door Chevrolet open car. The photographer, "Doc" Kelly Bennett (1890-1974), 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

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63493

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Swain County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia