R. G. Coffey & Co. Hardware and Grocery stores

R. G. Coffey & Co. Hardware and Grocery stores

Automobiles

Commercial buildings

Grocers

Hardware stores

The John Ransom Logan Cole building and the R. G. Coffey & Co. Hardware and Grocery stores, which are nearing completion, stand on the west side of Everett Street in downtown Bryson City. The door to the hardware store has a sign which reads “You are Welcome Here! Haven’t you Forgotten Something” and another sign reads “Sheetrock the Fireproof Wallboard.” B 389 is written on the negative. B 389 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

71040

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/71040

Bryson City (N.C.)

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia