Girl Scout troop with collected aluminum

Girl Scout troop with collected aluminum

Cookware

Girl Scouts

Scrap metals

Written on the negative is “Bryson City, N.C. Girl Scout Troop with their collection of aluminum for National Defense.” The girl scouts are sitting on the steps of the Swain County Community Building. Twins Jean and Joyce Sandlin are on the right in the first two rows. Their sister, Martha Kathryn Sandlin, is possibly sitting on the left in the back row. C-84 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

73157

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/73157

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia