Building loose haystacks

Description

Two men pile up hay in a loose stack around a large stick to make haystacks. One man stands in a mule-drawn cart pitching the hay onto the stack and the other helps. Four boys stand to the side with completed haystacks behind them. 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.
Details
- Creator
  - Bennett, Kelly, 1890-1974
- Format
  - Negatives (photographs)
- Type
  - StillImage
- Extent
  - Dimension: 3.5" x 5.75"
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Swain County (N.C.)
  - North Carolina, Western
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Kelly Bennett Collection
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS21-02_04_neg_0101
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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