Area near downtown Bryson City

Area near downtown Bryson City

Central business districts

Commercial buildings

Electric lines -- Poles and towers

Mountains

Roads

This photograph was taken on Bryson Street, at the backs of the downtown buildings. The Sisk Drug Store building is in the background, and beyond it, the flat top of Schoolhouse Hill and beyond that Rocky Face Mountain and Shuler Gap. The image seems to be part of a series of images taken showing some areas around Bryson City that need to be cleaned up. 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

73212

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Bryson City (N.C.)

Swain County (N.C.)

4" x 5.25"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia