Gathering of people in yard

Gathering of people in yard

Children

Girls

Infants

Meadows

Children and adults are sitting in the grass. The photographer’s daughter Mary Alice Bennett is standing holding infant, and another daughter, Gwen Bennett, is standing to her right. B 355 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)

eng

StillImage

71015

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/71015

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia