Hunters with deer

Hunters with deer

Automobiles

Deer

Deer hunters

Deer hunting

Firearms

Hunters

Hunting

Hunting dogs

A group of men with dogs, guns, and a deer that has been hunted pose for the camera. The presence of dogs may indicate this hunt involved driving deer with canines as opposed to still hunting. Today the former practice is illegal in the Smokies and indeed over much of the country. 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

72293

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/72293

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia