Bryson City Presbyterian Church

Bryson City Presbyterian Church

Automobiles

Dwellings

Parsonages

Presbyterian church buildings

People congregate outside the Bryson City Presbyterian Church with the annex on right. The house to the left is presumably the parsonage. B 380 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

71031

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Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia