Homesite below road

Dublin Core

Title

Homesite below road

Subject

Dwellings
Erosion
Mountain roads
Mountains
Roads -- Guard fences

Description

A fenced in yard and home sits below a road with a guard rail and beside a heavily eroded hillside. 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

64622
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/64622

Spatial Coverage

Swain County (N.C.)

Extent

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Picturing Appalachia

Citation

Bennett, Kelly, 1890-1974, “Homesite below road,” OAI, accessed May 7, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/64622.