Horace Kephart and Kelly Bennett with Appalachian Scenic Highway scout car

Horace Kephart and Kelly Bennett with Appalachian Scenic Highway scout car

Automobiles

Banners

Bennett, Kelly E., 1890-1974

Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931

Men

Four men stand with the Appalachian Scenic Highway Scout Car bearing a 1924 license plate. Second from left is Kelly Bennett and second from right is Horace Kephart. They are parked alongside a high road with mountains in the distance. B 292 is written on the negative. 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)

portraits

eng

StillImage

70987

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/70987

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia