Great Smoky Mountain Park Boosters automobile

Great Smoky Mountain Park Boosters automobile

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An automobile, with a person sitting at the wheel, has written on the side “Great Smoky Mountain Park Boosters” and on the back “New Low Prices Chevrolet Quality at Low Cost New Measure of Value” and “Welcome to the ‘Smokies’ Hudson.” B 439 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

72241

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/72241

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia