Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1973

Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1973

High school students

High school teachers

School field trips

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

Bell-bottoms

This 1973 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. 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.

Central Photo Company

Friends of the Bryson City Cemetery

1973

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photographs

eng

StillImage

64681

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Washington (D.C.)

10.25" x 21"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia