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Baptising in Olde Towne Creek

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from 1938 and is shot in Red Hill, Tennessee. One of the first photos made by Joe, Baptising in Olde Towne Creek, has endured to become a favorite and meaningful to many. It bears close scrutiny because of the differing expressions and attitudes of those attending. People have said that they have counted fifty-one people in this picture and I’ve listened to many a controversy about a TV antenna* appearing in this 1938 photo. The Rev. Hugh Vancel, in c… more
Date: 1938
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Boys and girls at a dance]

Description: Photograph of boys and girls, ages ranging from middle school to high school, at a dance together. The girls stand in a line on the left side of the picture and the boys stand on the right, both clapping for a boy and girl pair dancing down the middle. The pair are caught mid-stride and holding each other's hands, the girl is looking directly at the camera.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Baptising in Olde Towne Creek

Description: Photograph of Reverend Hugh Vancel performing a baptism in Olde Town Creek near Red Hill, Tennessee. The reverend is standing in the creek and facing a large crowd of people on the bank, and holding the arm of a young girl (Ivana Wright) standing next to him; several other girls (identified as Hester Welch, Minnie Hicks, Cleo McCurey, Lilian Hicks, and Lenore Treece), a woman and a man are also standing in the creek, on the left. A building with wood siding is visible in the background.
Date: 1938
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Farmhouse on a sunny day]

Description: Photograph of a brick farmhouse and its backyard garden. The sun is shining brightly on the house and garden, but is shady under the porch and a big tree on the left. The porch is cluttered with house items, and there is a wooden fence post sitting in the foreground of the picture.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Sunny day on a farm field]

Description: Photograph of farm fields on a sunny day. There is a piece of farm equipment sitting in the foreground of the photo out of focus with a plowed field behind it. Past the fields there are hills covered in trees, and a fence sitting on the left side of the image.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Headstone of Joseph Clark]

Description: Photograph of the headstone of Joseph Clark. It is a tall, slender headstone with decorative accents etched on the top of the marker, and "Clark" etched at the bottom in all capital letters. The epithet reads "Joseph Clark Born Nov. 18 1836, Died Sep. 23 1901. At rest".
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man preparing to fish]

Description: Photograph of a man baiting his fishing line on the shore of a lake. The man is positioned about 20 feet away from the camera and stands in the middle of the image. There are three hills of trees surrounding the lake, and there is shrubbery in the foreground of the image out of focus.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Still lake in a forest]

Description: Photograph of a still lake and the surrounding forest. The lake takes up the bottom half of the image, and has the reflection of the horizon casted on it. There are tall trees on the left side of the image and hills with more trees on the right, with an open sky taking up most of the top half.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Life's Highways]

Description: Narrative by Kay Clark. Joe Clark, HBSS, took this shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee of Roy McCrary on a fence in a field dreaming about his life in the hills of Tennessee. This picture is in Joe book published book "Back Home". Here is the poem in the book. I PLEDGE To loaf along Life’s highways To feel its shifting sands Climbs its hills, view its valleys And see its verdant Lands. To feast on bountiful harvests That grow along its way To watch the glowing sunsets That end… more
Date: 1939
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man sleeping on a river bank, 2]

Description: Photograph of a man sleeping on the side of a river in portrait orientation. The man has two pillows with him and is in the fetal position, with his shoes taken off and placed near his head. He is wearing a white button up shirt tucked into a pair of pants.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The horizon of a lake]

Description: Photo of a lake's horizon in a portrait orientation. The lake takes up the bottom half of the picture, with two large trees on the right, hills in the background and a blue sky with clouds taking up the rest of the image.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Lunch pails and baseball]

Description: Photograph of a row of lard buckets used as lunch pails as well as a two lunch boxes, a brown paper bag, a baseball, and a baseball bat on a bench along the back wall of a one room school house.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Young girl walking in the woods]

Description: Photograph of a young girl walking in the woods. She is in direct sunlight, and the bonnet she is wearing keeps her face in shadow. She also wears a white collared shirt tucked into a white skirt, and is looking down at the ground.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Full portrait of a young woman]

Description: Portrait of a young woman standing in front of a house not ready for her picture to be taken. The woman is wearing a dark dress with a white peter pan collar, and her hair is up in pin curls. The house is white and has a grassy front yard with foliage surrounding the porch.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Young girl sitting patiently]

Description: Photograph of a young girl sitting profile on a bench in the middle of the room. She is looking off camera to the left with a blank expression on her face. The girl is well lit in a shadowy room, there is a fireplace in the background to the left and a group of people out of focus to the right.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Sunny landscape of a lake]

Description: Photograph of a lake and surrounding area on a sunny day. There are trees and shrubbery right up to the shoreline on the right side of the picture, and tree covered hills in the background. The sky is mostly clear with clouds on sitting behind the hills on the horizon.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of a lake]

Description: Photograph of a lake and its surrounding areas in portrait orientation. There are two tall trees and some foliage in the foreground in front of the lake, and hills in the background. The sky has some overcast.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Farm House]

Description: Photograph of an old farm house in a field. The roof is covered in wooden shingles; there is also a brick chimney. The envelope containing the negative has "Old Russell Place" written on it.
Date: 1938
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man fishing at a lake]

Description: Photograph of a man fishing at a lake and the surrounding forest. The man stands with his back to the camera on the left side of the picture, holding a fishing pole that's cast out in the water. There's a second fishing pole sitting at his feet on his right, and he is standing in the shade under a tree.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Toddler sitting on a porch]

Description: Photograph of a toddler sitting on his side on a wooden porch. He is looking directly at the camera, and has his right leg lifted in the air while he leans on his left hand. The toddler is wearing denim overalls and a white short-sleeve collared shirt.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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