Mountain laurel in bloom

Mountain laurel in bloom

Dirt roads

Flowering shrubs

Mountain laurel

Trees

Mountain Laurel is in bloom along this unknown road. B234 is written on the negative. 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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negatives (photographs)

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StillImage

64634

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Swain County (N.C.)

North Carolina

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia