Group in front of Regal Hotel in Murphy

Group in front of Regal Hotel in Murphy

Automobiles

Hotels

Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931

Stearns, I. K.

Stikeleather, J. G.

Tours

A group of people are lined up in front of the Regal Hotel, likely in Murphy, North Carolina. The Appalachian Scenic Highway tour automobile is behind them. Horace Kephart is on the left, I.K. Stearns third from left and James Gudger Stikeleather is wearing a bow tie and knickers fourth from left. B 484 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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group portraits

negatives (photographs)

StillImage

72282

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/72282

Cherokee County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia