College age Kelly Bennett with group on train

College age Kelly Bennett with group on train

Bennett, Kelly E., 1890-1974

Men

Railroad trains

Women

A group is posing on the back of a train. Kelly Bennett is on the right. Circa 1910. B 477 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.

Kelly Bennett Collection

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group portraits

StillImage

72276

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3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia