Bryson City High students

Bryson City High students

Cities and towns

Dogs

Events

High school students

Macadam roads

A group of female students likely from Bryson City High wearing white smocks stands in front of the Cooper House on West Main Street in Bryson City. A boy holds a dog, a mascot, wearing the letters BCH. B 434 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

72237

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/72237

Bryson City (N.C.)

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia