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[Women at an outdoor quilting bee]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photo of women in the Powell Valley during the early 1940s in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The quilters gather at a neighbor's home for a Quilting Bee. This is a 2 1/4 X 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Walk by lamp light]

Description: Photograph of a young man and woman walking along a dirt path at night. They are arm in arm and the man is carrying a gas lamp. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Whittling sop sticks(1)]

Description: Photograph of a young couple as the young man uses a knife to whittle small pieces of sorghum cane into sop sticks. The sop sticks were used to dip and taste the sorghum molasses being made.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Walking my girl home]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 Molasses Making Stir-off - Walking My Girl Home Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Either on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Gap on the farm of Baptist preacher the Rev. Hugh Vancel. More information about these images can be found in scrapbooks in the Clark Family Collection at the University of North Texas Spe… more
Date: 1942
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men chatting underneath a tree]

Description: Photograph of a group of men chatting and sitting underneath a tree. Five men sit on a bench underneath the tree in the center of the image, and an additional two men stand to the right of them engaging in the conversation. More trees and a hill can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A family chatting in the backyard]

Description: Photograph of a family of seven sitting outside in the backyard chatting. The family sits in chairs in a semi-circle while one man squats, and they listen to a man speak on the left side of the image. They sit next to a wooden shed on the left, and a hill of trees can be seen in the background.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two boys carrying a basket of apples]

Description: Photograph of two boys carrying a metal basin full of apples into a backyard. The boys are positioned in the top right portion of the image, carrying the apples through a fence gate to a group of people seen peeling the apples in the lower left hand corner. It is dark outside and one bright light illuminates the scene off camera on the right.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man greeting women at church]

Description: Photograph of a man shaking hands and greeting a group of women. The women are sitting on a bench along the outside of a building, and everyone is wearing their Sunday best. The second woman from the left is shaking the man's hand and looks directly at the camera.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men chatting underneath a tree, 2]

Description: Photograph of a group of men chatting and sitting underneath a tree. Five men sit on a bench underneath the tree in the center of the image, and an additional two men stand to the right of them engaging in the conversation. More trees and a hill can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Corralling a large congregation]

Description: Photograph of a large congregation being corralled at church. The camera is positioned behind the congregation and looks to the front, where a group of eight men are seen trying to get their attention. Two open windows and hats and coats hang on the wall behind them.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Gathering for a baptism]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people gathering alongside a river for baptisms that are about to take place. The group is positioned in the background of the image on the shore, while a man leads a line of young girls through the water in the foreground. The top half of the church and trees from the surrounding forest is seen in the background behind the congregation.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Couple shopping for supplies]

Description: Photograph of an older couple shopping for supplies at a general store. The couple stands on the left side of the image at the checkout counter, where a woman is seen on the opposite side waiting to process their transaction. The man stares at something off camera as if he is making a decision and both the women in the image watch him closely, the background consists of shelves filled with merchandise.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men leaning back in chairs]

Description: Photograph of two mean leaning back in chairs on a porch. The men sit in the center of the image facing the left, the man on right leans back far enough to rest his back against the edge of the wall with the chair's front legs up in the air, and the man on the left only leans back slightly while looking directly at the camera. The porch they sit on is clean and shady, and a small portion of the landscape can be seen in the background.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Girl waiting to be baptized]

Description: Photograph of a girl about to be baptized in a river. The girl stands in the center of the image with her fingers intertwined and looks down at the water in front of her, a pastor stands to the right of her and holds onto her left arm while he preaches. A small group of people gather on the shore to watch on the left side of the image, and another small group of people who have already been baptized watch as well.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cashier talking with a serviceman]

Description: Photograph of a cashier chatting with a serviceman at the checkout counter. The cashier stands behind the counter on the right side of the image and hands the serviceman to his left a soda. The serviceman leans against the front of the counter with his left leg hiked up on a box beneath him, and a variety of merchandise can be seen displayed on the shelves in the background.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man speaking in a store, 2]

Description: Photograph of a man speaking in front of a group of people. The man sits on a barrel with his legs crossed on the right side of the image, and the audience sits on the left with their backs to the camera. A boy sits on the far right with his profile to the camera, and the background of the image is the store with various products lined up on the shelves.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man speaking in a store, 3]

Description: Photograph of a man speaking in front of a group of people. The man sits on a barrel with his legs crossed on the right side of the image, and the audience sits on the left with their backs to the camera. A boy sits on the far right and looks down at something on his shoe, and the background of the image is the store with various products lined up on the shelves.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Four men hanging out on a porch]

Description: Photograph of four men hanging out on a porch at night. The two men in the center are sitting down while the other two men stand on either side of them, they are in the middle of a discussion except for one of the men sitting who looks directly at the camera. In the background are windows with their shutters open, which appear to look into a general store.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Relaxing on a store's porch, 3]

Description: Photograph of two men and a woman sitting on the front porch of a store. They sit on a long bench, the two men sit on the left side of the bench and the woman sits on the right. A large dog and a black cat sit next to the woman.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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