Railroad track on mountainside
Dublin Core
Title
Railroad track on mountainside
Subject
Mountains
Railroad tracks
Rivers
Description
A railroad track winds around the bend on the side of a mountain with a river far down below in the valley. 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.
Creator
Bennett, Kelly, 1890-1974
Source
Kelly Bennett Collection
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
jpg
negatives (photographs)
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
64617
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/64617
Spatial Coverage
Swain County (N.C.)
Extent
3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)
Is Part Of
Picturing Appalachia
Collection
Citation
Bennett, Kelly, 1890-1974, “Railroad track on mountainside,” OAI, accessed May 6, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/64617.