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[Seeder Farm Equipment]

Description: Photograph of a seeder used in farming. In the high contrast image, the seeder is being viewed from behind and is the only object visible in the image.
Date: January 30, 1957
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Boy with Rifle]

Description: Photograph of Jimmy Powell in the woods. In this image, Powell, with his body facing away from the camera, is holding a rifle looking back and up over his shoulder. Photographs from this series were featured in Life Magazine and titled "Mountain Boy."
Date: July 9, 1955
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Faces of Christmas]

Description: Photograph of a unknown girl with Santa at Crowley's. In the image the back of Santa's head takes up the left of the frame while looking at a little girl in a striped dress and large bow. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 7843-0001-10 mounted on wood
Date: December 2, 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Slingshot Johnny Milligan takes aim with his Milligan Special]

Description: Slingshot John Milligan takes aim with his Milligan Special and prepares to fire. John Milligan, a machinist in Detroit, Michigan who was also the “country’s greatest slingshot expert. “He won local fame by shooting the marks out of playing cards, hitting objects in mid air and bagging game in the field.” Joe took John national with his photos documenting his talent and accuracy. To assure accuracy, he has designed his own precision-built aluminum sling, called the Milligan Special. Additional … more
Date: March 22, 1952
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Receiving Water Rations]

Description: Photograph of men, woman, and children receiving two cartons of Drinking Water from the back of a truck. In the image, a line has formed for the cartons where two men inside the truck are handling the crates, a mother is consoling a crying baby in her arms, another mother, wearing bandages on her face, is fixing her son's pants. Two men and an injured woman are walking with their rations towards the camera. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Water Delivery to Florida Hurricane Disaster Victims (Re-c… more
Date: 1955
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Boy]

Description: Photograph of Jimmy Powell standing outside with a rifle, possibly in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Fog and mountains can be seen in the background. A poem titled "The Call of the Mountains" is typed beneath the photo on the mat. Photographs from this series were featured in Life Magazine and titled "Mountain Boy."
Date: July 9, 1955
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Falling Rain]

Description: Photograph of water droplets. In the image, the fast moving droplets look like multiple flying saucers against a black backdrop. Narrative by Junebug Clark: One image out of a series of test images on how to capture Jack Daniel's Whiskey being Charcoal-Mellowed "drop by drop." Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 7312
Date: October 19, 1956
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Slingshot John Milligan's wife Holding Balloons as one bursts]

Description: Photograph of a John's wife holding three balloons, one has been shot through by Slingshot John Milligan. In the image the balloon in her right hand has just been popped and the other two are next to be shot. John Milligan, a machinist in Detroit, Michigan who was also the “country’s greatest slingshot expert. “He won local fame by shooting the marks out of playing cards, hitting objects in mid air and bagging game in the field.” Joe took John national with his photos documenting his talent and… more
Date: March 22, 1952
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Junebug's first steps]

Description: Photograph of Junebug Clark taking his first steps with guidance from his mother, Bernice Clark. There is a poem mounted on the mat entitled "Walking." Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: 1950
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Vehicles Stuck in Flood Water]

Description: Photograph of three commercial vehicles stuck in the flood waters from Detroit's worst flood in 1957. In the image the bus driver is sticking his body out the driver window, another man sits on top his truck's cabin, while the other crouches on top the container of his truck. More vehicles can be seen being held back by a police car from the rising waters.
Date: July 22, 1957
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Junebug Clark with George Romney]

Description: Photograph of Junebug Clark standing with a seated George Romney. In the image, Romney is looking at Clark with his arm around him while Clark looks into the camera. Romney was the President of American Motors Corporation at the time and had invited the Clark family over to his house for an informal get-together. Narrative by Junebug Clark: I met George Romney a few years earlier when he was Chairman of American Motor Company. We shot an advertising brochure called, "Wow. There's a Car that's D… more
Date: December 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Children Playing Hopscotch]

Description: Photograph of a child playing hopscotch next to a stairwell. In the image, more children stand watching in the small space. The photograph was used in Life magazine. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Additional information and photos can be found in the pdf document "Life Magazine HBSS Photos" pages 198-199. This photo appears in LIFE magazine. January 5, 1959. Pages 37-38. "Hipped on Hopscotch." "Saint Elmo Elementary pupils in Chatanooga, Tenn. must be the happiest-hopscotch school in the U.S." Pho… more
Date: August 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Water Droplets]

Description: Photograph of small drops of liquid landing in a large body of water. The image was created as part of the Story of Jack Daniel's Distillery for the Gardner Advertising Company.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Grasshopper]

Description: Photograph of a grasshopper. In the image, the grasshopper is in focus on top of a leaf while the rest of the background is indistinguishable. Narrative by Junebug Clark: One thing that Joe was exceptionaly good at was experimenting and testing the capabilities of his equipment and his own. Here he was testing a new lens by racking it to its closest focus and setting out to see how many and what kind closeup photos he could find and make. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: September 20, 1956
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Building wheels at Alex Cline's Blacksmith Shop]

Description: Photograph of three men and one boy building large wooden wheels for farm equipment at Alex Cline's blacksmith shop in Tennessee. Wade Cline stands at the far left. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Additional photos and information can be found in the pdf document "Joe Clark HBSS Scrapbook" Page 35. The Detroit News Pictorial. August 9, 1942. The Village Blacksmith Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 0005-94
Date: January 30, 1957
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ann Marston shoots an egg]

Description: Photograph of champion archer, Ann Marston, firing an arrow at an egg resting on a stand. This photograph was featured in the August 31, 1953 issue of Life Magazine. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Text of the article: "Archery Expert Aims at Egg" -> The pretty blond disciple of William Tell above is the best young archer in the U.S. As an 11year-old Ann Marston of Detroit won the national cadet target championship and a year later added the intermediate target championship. Now a seasoned competi… more
Date: July 1953
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Four boys sample molasses]

Description: Photograph of four boys sampling molasses with sop sticks at a molasses stir-off in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Additional photos and information can be found in the pdf document "Joe Clark HBSS LIFE Magazine Photos" page 20. November 13, 1950. Life Magazine pages 156-160. Stir-off Time in Tennessee. Fun Starts in Hills as Molasses Boils. Alos in Joe's book "I Remember" Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 2-31
Date: 1950
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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