Jack and Bland Coburn with group

Jack and Bland Coburn with group

Chairs

Portraits, Group

Women

A group of people are seated indoors. Jack Coburn and his wife Bland are in the lower right corner. The photographer, “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974), was a prominent pharmacist in Swain County, NC. Owner of the Bryson City Drug Company, Bennett served as alderman and mayor of Bryson City, on the Swain County Board of Education, as well as several terms as NC State Senator and NC State Representative. He participated in numerous other initiatives and organizations. Known as the “Apostle of the Smokies,” Bennett was an instrumental figure in the movement to create the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He was also an avid photographer, skillfully documenting a wide variety of people, places, and events in Swain County and the surrounding area.

Bennett, Kelly, 1890-1974

Kelly Bennett Collection

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negatives (photographs)

eng

StillImage

66481

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/66481

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia