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[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[Landscape of a lake and forest]

Description: Photograph of a lake and the surrounding forest. There are tall trees on the right side of the picture, and are hills covered in trees in the background. The sky is mostly clear with the lake casting an inverted reflection of the horizon.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Woman posing beside a large tree]

Description: Photograph of a woman standing in the middle of the road next to a large tree. The woman is standing far away from the camera, making her appear small in the image. The road goes through a countryside area, with mountains and open fields in the background and two houses on either side of the photograph.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Woman posing with a police vehicle]

Description: Photograph of a woman posing with a St. Clair police vehicle. She is sitting on the foot ledge on the side of the car with her head sitting in her right hand, and her left holding a half-eaten piece of food. The car door has a badge outline on it to her left, with the words "St. Clair Police Service" written in it.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Leafless forest with shrubbery]

Description: Photograph of barren trees standing amongst shrubbery against an open sky. The photo is in portrait orientation and the camera is facing upward at two trees, one standing up straight with a handful of leaves and another leaning towards the first at a 45 degree angle. There are two less prominent trees standing in the foreground.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Plowing equipment in a field]

Description: Photograph of a piece of plowing equipment sitting in a field. The plow sits in the foreground of the photograph out of focus, with the fields in the background in focus. There is an object that appears to be a sickle stemming off camera from the top part of the photograph.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
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