County wide school event

County wide school event

Banners

Cities and towns

Crowds

Events

Macadam roads

Swain County school gathering in downtown Bryson City. Banners for Ela School, Round Hill School, Alarka, Deep Creek, Lands Creek, Epps Springs, and Jackson Line, all elementary schools, can be seen. B 432 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

72235

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/72235

Bryson City (N.C.)

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia