Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1996

Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1996

This 1996 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, Marvin Monteith 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: Consie Blankenship, Jaime Hughes, Jamie Watkins, Bobbi Jo Styles, Nikka West, Kim Matthews, Tyra Burnette, Bradley Adams, Jennifer Wiggins, Tommy Dowdle, Kristie Watkins, Kim Cook, Loraine Taylor, Chad DeHart, Stacy Cochran, Amber Hutsell, Brandy Greene, & Jessica Readman. Second Row: Becky Ashe, Electa Smith, Melissa Cloer, Lora Orr, Regina Henson, Amy Barker, Jeb Hall, Lynette Bailey, Shawna Penland, Michele Herron. Erica Muse, Kara Parsons, Stacy Jenkins, John Haigler, Michael Morgan, Robert Herron, Christian Poole, Will Howard, Cabbott Cochran, Yancey Jones, Kim Morris, Stacey Jones, & Matt Bailey. Third Row: Marvin Monteith, Jeremy Cochran, Kenneth Parton, Johnny Marr, Jason Nilgas, David Shuler, Rocky Deitz, Brandon Woodard, Jordan Price, Mrs. Debbie Parsons, Mr. Wally Treadway, Mr. Jeff Payne, Mrs. Karen Sanford, Anthony Vaughn, Marvin Bowers, Kevin Burnette, Jeff Bowers, Jeff Crisp, Chris Revardo, Joe Lambert, Justin Beck, Keith Ammons, Marvin Monteith (runner). Not pictured: Mr. Toby Burrell and Jimmy Monteith.

Central Photo Company

1996-04-18

photographs

13" x 23"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia