Lee home on Carringer Street

Lee home on Carringer Street

Agricultural land

Dwellings

The back of the Lee home as viewed from NC 10 (US 19). Lackey Hill is on the other side of the Tuckasegee River. B 455 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

72256

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/72256

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia