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[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

[Women quilting outdoors]

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

[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. Quilters have set-up a piece of fabric and are sewing on a drawn pattern during a quilting bee. One of the quilters is drawing the quilt's pattern. This is a 2 1/4 X 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Women quilting outdoors]

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

[Erma Welch on her porch]

Description: Portrait of Erma Welch on her porch in Cumberland Gap Tennessee. The pictured woman is named as Buela Welch on the sleeve containing the negative while also being named Erma Welch in Joe Clark's photography books. This image is used in Joe Clark's book "Back Home" accompanied by a poem titled, " In Lonesome Tennessee." Down yonder in the valley In lonesome Tennessee Sits my little Sally A waitin’ there for me. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 0001-51
Date: 1941
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Country Gal]

Description: Photograph of a woman in a light colored dress and a well used hat in a country setting. The woman is barefoot and is holding an axe; attempting to clip her toenails with the tool. In the middle ground of the photograph, a puppy can be seen. This photo is normally paired with the photo called "A City Gal" and the following poem. A city gal paints her toe nails And makes them look so swell A country gal just chops them off And lets them go to hell. hbss
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Women quilting outdoors]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photo of women in the Powell Valley during the early 1940s in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Two women have set-up a piece of fabric on a wooden frame at a neighbor's house during 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

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

[Square Dancers]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from the 1940s and is shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Square dancing with an unidentified woman is "Junebug" Wade Hampton Clark, Jr. My uncle Junebug and my father Joe often went out on photo shoots together.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Quilting Frame at an Outdoor Quilting Bee]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photo of a quilting frame which was built for a quilting bee. The quilting bee was held at a neighbor's house during the early 1940s in the Powell Valley, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. This is a 2 1/4 X 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Douglas Clark with "Junebug" Wade Hampton Clark, Jr.]

Description: Photograph of Douglas Clark with his father, Wade Hampton Clark, Jr. (Junebug) playing out-of-doors. Junebug is lying on his back in the grass and Douglas is crouched near his head, touching his face with one hand and reaching for his dad's hat with the other. A bush is visible behind them.
Date: 1946~
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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. Quilters have set-up a piece of fabric and are sewing on a drawn pattern during 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

[Women quilting outdoors]

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

[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. Two quilters are drawing patterns on a piece of fabric. This is a 2 1/4 X 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Old Time Dancing]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from the 1940s and is shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Students of "pappy" Hiram Frakes School learn old time dances.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman at an outdoor quilting bee]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photo of a woman in the Powell Valley during the early 1940s in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The quilter is walking to a neighbor's home for a Quilting Bee with quilt and flower in hand. This is a 2 1/4 X 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Old Time Dancing]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from the 1940s and is shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Students of "pappy" Hiram Frakes School learn old time dances.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
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