Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1972

Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1972

High school students

High school teachers

School field trips

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

This 1972 Swain County High School senior class photograph was taken in front of the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C. The panoramic photograph, taken by Central Photograph Company, includes their signature style, a “runner” who appears in the image twice. In this photograph, Kenny Oates is the runner. Each year from as early as 1953 until about 2015, Swain County seniors took a trip from Bryson City, North Carolina to the District of Columbia with high school teachers as their chaperones. Until 1970 the trip was made by a combination of bus and train via Southern Railway. Starting in 1971 a bus was taken the entire way. All names are read left to right. Front Row: Peggy Bailey, Sandra Cloer, Ruby Holden, Audrey Elders, Joyce Crisp, Doris Bradley, Mary Coday, Jean Jenkins, Rachel Matthews, Linda Hutchins, Barbara Williamson, Ruth Jones, Wanda Smith, Janice Brooks, Nancy Kirkland, Carol Lawrence, Eve Murphy, Janice McKinney, Roseanna Taylor, Terry Duncan, Penny Mann, Carla Jahnigan, Linda Seay. Second Row: unidentified, Judy Birchfield, Betty Buchanan, Connie Bowers, Marie Collins, Doris Rowland, Angela Crisp, Linda Cline, Ann Prier, Susie Bradley, Diane Wiggins, Harriet Wright, Faye Maney, Sharon Calhoun, Audrey Robinson, Frances Herrin, Wanda Estep, Vicki Payne, Elizabeth Bales, Sue Shuler, Roger Winchester, Dale Cloer, Roy Matthews. Third Row: Kenny Oates, Ronnie Dukes, Mike Heffner, Eugene Douthit, Terry Fortner, Larry Blythe, Rusty Lyday, Dennis Shuler, Mike Burnette, Lonnie Oliver, Kate Welch, Jean Douthit, Bus Driver, unidentified, Cecil Sutton, Jim Gribble, Dusty Wright, Nat Watson, Tommy Duvall, Bruce Grant, Robert Breedlove, Bruce Lawrence, John Dugan, David Pederson, Kenny Oates (runner).

Central Photo Company

Friends of the Bryson City Cemetery

1972-04

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photographs

eng

StillImage

64680

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/64680

Washington (D.C.)

10" x 21.25"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia