County wide school event

County wide school event

Automobiles

Cities and towns

Crowds

Electric lines

Events

Macadam roads

A county wide school event is taking place in downtown Bryson City. A Swain County Consolidated school bus sits on the left and the photographer is looking down the macadamized street across Everett Street bridge. B 431 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

72234

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Bryson City (N.C.)

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia