Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1976

Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1976

High school students

High school teachers

School field trips

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

This 1976 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, Bobby Coggins 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: Donna Bradley, Donna Woodard, Sharon Hurley, Cathy Dunlap, Robin Lester, Debra West, Connie Mathis, Sheila Cline, Sharon Ensley, Carolyn Earls, Donna Watson, Medina Styles, Tina Stephenson, Rita Robinson, Mary Haymond, Alice DeHart, Liz Owle, Cindy Thomas, Gloria Crisp.Second Row: Charles Maney, Ricky Lewis, Jeffrey Curtis, Tony Oliver, Jeff Myers, Wayne McGaha, Barry Winningham, Steve Lackey, Kim Williams, Pat Payne, Connie Sherrill, Celyn Proctor, Carol Thomas, Wanda Cook, Tom Prier, Bruce Sutton, Alan Moffitt, Tommy Walker, Rick Styles.Third Row: Bobby Coggins, Fred Carver, Jeff Gasaway, Tim Howard, Jimmy Welch, Gary Evers, Tim Warren, Charles Cloer, Phillip Cody, Don Styles, Roy Stiles, Mary Lindsay Stiles, Jean Douthit, Cecil Sutton, Sam English, Russell Gibby, Dan Clodfelter, Marcus Williams, Nick Nichols, Mike Ball, Jimmy Calhoun, Bobby Coggins (runner).

Central Photo Company

Friends of the Bryson City Cemetery

1976-04

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StillImage

64682

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Washington (D.C.)

10" x 21.25"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia