Smoky Mountains from U.S. 19

Smoky Mountains from U.S. 19

Automobiles

Roads

An automobile sits on the side of the road. Written on the negative is “On U.S. 19 west of Bryson City, N.C. The Smokies in the distance. C-10 C. Bennett 1938.” 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

1938

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

negatives (photographs)

eng

StillImage

73162

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/73162

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia