College age Kelly Bennett with group

College age Kelly Bennett with group

Bennett, Kelly E., 1890-1974

Men

Women

A group poses for the camera. Kelly Bennett is fourth from left. A woman on the right holds a camera. B 475 is written on the negative. This photograph is part of the Kelly Bennett Collection. Kelly Bennett (1890-1974) was a prominent 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.

Kelly Bennett Collection

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group portraits

negatives (photographs)

eng

StillImage

72274

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/72274

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia