Cold Springs Baptist Church

Cold Springs Baptist Church

Automobiles

Church buildings

Roads

Written on the negative is “Cold Springs Baptist Church organized 1851 – On U.S. 19 west of Bryson City, N.C. C-1 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

73164

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/73164

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia