J. H. Dorsey building in Bryson City

J. H. Dorsey building in Bryson City

Commercial buildings

Stores, Retail

The J. H. Dorsey store, built by John Ransom Logan Cole and wife Margaret in the mid-1920s, is seen on the left of this photograph and the rear of Slayden-Fakes building on the right. The concrete block castings are believed to be a local design. B 371 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

71024

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Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia