Group gathered at the Bryson City depot

Group gathered at the Bryson City depot

Automobiles

Crowds

Railroad stations

Railroad trains

Many people and automobiles are gathered at the east side of the Bryson City depot. A train car is labeled “Fruit Gowers Express” and people are performing on the platform. 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

73196

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/73196

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia