Group performing at the Bryson City depot

Group performing at the Bryson City depot

Crowds

Guitar

Railroad stations

Railroad trains

A woman is playing the guitar on the platform of the Bryson City depot where many people are gathered. 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

73198

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/73198

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia