J. H. Dorsey building in Bryson City

J. H. Dorsey building in Bryson City

Automobiles

Commercial buildings

Roads

Stores, Retail

An automobile sits on an unpaved Gibson Street, which later became Bryson Walk. The J. H. Dorsey store, built by John Ransom Logan Cole and wife Margaret in the mid-1920s, is in the background. Their home is behind the building to the left. B 370 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

71023

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/71023

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia