Law enforcement officer

Law enforcement officer

Automobiles

Buildings

Electric lines -- Poles and towers

Law enforcement

Police

Roads

Wire fencing

A law enforcement officer stands behind a barbed wire fence on one side of a road and a man stands on the other. Automobiles are parked along the road. 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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64640

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Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia