Children of Bryson City school parading downtown

Children of Bryson City school parading downtown

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A group of children parading north on Everett Street are being led by two boys walking a dog and a person holding a sign reading “Bryson City School.” Note that the street is a Macadam surface. The buildings along the downtown street are still standing and in use except the nearest one on the right. B 383 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

71034

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/71034

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia