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[Little Girl With Icing]

Description: Photograph of a young girl sucking icing off her thumb while baking. In the image, the girl wearing a dress and apron with a ribbon on her head is holding a knife covered in icing.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Boy With Rifle and Accompanying Poem]

Description: Photograph of a boy with a rifle resting on his shoulders. The boy is standing on a hill above a road and a farmhouse, with fields and hills in the distance. The photograph is mounted above a poem by Joe Clark, titled "Hillbilly Memories." Narrative by Junebug Clark: This boy is the grandson, (Maybe great grandson. He was a couple years older than me), of WWI Hero Sergeant Alvin York. Photo was taken near Sgt. York's home in Jamestown, TN. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS
Date: 19XX
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Egg Scrambled Over Skillet by Slingshot John Milligan (1)]

Description: Photograph of John Milligan shooting an egg that was being dropped over a skillet. In the image a waitress on the left is holding a skillet under an egg that Milligan has shot through with a slingshot while it was in mid-air. 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 documenti… more
Date: January 17, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Joe Clark and Ron Unternahrer Toss Up a Target Egg for Slingshot Milligan]

Description: Photograph of Joe Clark and Ron Unternahrer tossing up a target egg for Slingshot Milligan to shoot. In the image both men are wearing towels around their necks from the splattered egg matter. The two men are practicing the height of the egg being tossed in the air for the photograph they are making where Milligan shoots the egg with a Milligan Special slingshot. Narrative by Junebug Clark: This is truly a behind the scenes or a how it was done photo. At 25 paces that egg is a pretty small movi… more
Date: January 17, 1961
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

[Baby receives a shot]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified infant getting a shot in the buttocks. The child is preoccupied with a toy while the procedure is done. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Embarrassingly that is me. The bare butt baby receiving a shot. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS
Date: 19XX
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Slingshot John Milligan Fixes a Messy Omelet (2)]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: John Milligan's wife and next door neighbor each holding a balloon filled with two tablespoons of flour as John bursts the balloons with a steel ball bearing launched from his "Milligan Special" slingshot. The result is a dramatic explosion and plume that looks almost nuclear. 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… more
Date: January 17, 1961
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

[Baby Junebug with flashbulbs]

Description: Photograph of a very young Junebug Clark laying on his belly holding two flashbulbs. There are numerous cameras and camera accessories in the background of the photograph. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: 195X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Catchers young and old]

Description: Photograph of a young child (Junebug Clark) wearing an oven mitt as a makeshift baseball glove mounted next to a photograph of an unidentified catcher for the Detroit Tigers. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: 196X
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

[Skier inspects binding]

Description: Photograph of a skier bent over inspecting the binding that attaches the boots to the skis. This photograph is a mirror image of another photo in the collection with a slightly lower contrast.
Date: 195X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Detroit bus driver asking for help]

Description: Photograph of stranded motorists in a flooded dug down expressway in Detroit, Michigan. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Additional photos and information can be found in the pdf document "Joe Clark HBSS LIFE Magazine Photos" Unfortunately when I was creating this document I missed this photo which ran as a LIFE Miscellany photo, which was the back page and a coveted spot. This photo was taken in Highland Park, Michigan. A city surrounded by Detroit. This is on Woodward Ave about 1/4 mile south of 6… more
Date: 19XX
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Drive-In Outhouse]

Description: Photograph of a couple of cars and miscellaneous parts left under the shade of two large trees. Branches of one tree appear to have fallen against the fence that runs behind them. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Also in the center of the photo and in the shade of the trees is an outhouse. One of many Joe photographed for his book, "Early American Architecture."
Date: 19XX
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Alex Cline measuring a wheel]

Description: Photograph of Alex Cline building a wheel to be used for farming equipment in his blacksmith shop in Tennessee. He is using a measuring tool to mark one of the spokes. This photo appears in Joe Clark's book "Back Home" and many other publications. Also, Joe Clark's "Life in Tennessee" scrapbook contains articles published at the time containing a series of photos. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 0005-9
Date: 195X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Boy with Rifle]

Description: Photograph of a boy sitting on the corner of a fence, with a rifle held under his arm. In this image, a lantern is placed on the beam by the unidentified boy, who has his fingers in his mouth.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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