Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1998

Swain County High School Class Trip to Washington D.C., 1998

High school students

High school teachers

School field trips

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

This 1998 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, Ethan Clapsaddle and Kenietha Seay are the runners. 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: Norma Jones, Alison Douthit, Jonuia Owle, Joe Carver, Jill Dugan, Olivia Davis, Michelle Estep, Cindy Alexander, Morgan Owle, Kelly English, Becky Bumgarner, Jonee Taylor, Samantha Morgan, Tana Ball, Josh Oliver, Kelli Downs, Tammy Walls.Second Row: Ethan Clapsaddle, Brad Wiggins, Evan Clapsaddle, Danny Shuler, Maggie Welch, Jennifer Dills, Dennis Anthony, Dana Woodard, Philip McDonald, Christopher Phillips, Andrew Jenkins, Whitney Wiggins, Lisa Lambert, Janet Shuler, Chris Praitt, Josh Dugan, Shane King, Kelly Cochran, Ethan Clapsaddle (runner).Third Row: Kenietha Seay, Brian Richmond, Craig Durham, Seth Holling, Jason Cloer, Justin Greene, Nathan Barker, Matthew Livingston, Debbie Parsons, Tommy Dills, Jeff Payne, Toby Burrell, Karen Sanford, Billy Roland, John Hampton, Justin Ledford, Tyler Proctor, Adam Blythe, Brian Kirkland, Jama Anders, Travis Cochran, Kenietha Seay (runner).

Central Photo Company

Friends of the Bryson City Cemetery

1998-04-02

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photographs

eng

StillImage

64688

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/64688

Washington (D.C.)

11" x 20.25"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia