Mountain road

Mountain road

Automobiles

Children

Mountain roads

Mountains

Scenic overlooks

Women

An automobile is parked on a curve of a dirt mountain road, possibly leading to Newfound Gap. A woman and child are standing to the right side of the image. 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

66492

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/66492

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia