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[Envelope to Joe from Lapeer County Press]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Envelope is from December 30, 1982, Farmington, Michigan. Envelope was used to return a poem by Joe Clark, HBSS from the Lapeer County Press in Lapeer, Michigan. Joe had a weekly photo and poem or witticism in the Lapeer County Press that ran for maybe 15 years or more. Frank and Gladys Cooper, writers for the Press were good family friends who would drop by and pick out a pile of photos. The Cooper's created and managed the column.
Date: December 30, 1982
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Type Written Caption]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Caption is from December 30, 1982, Farmington, Michigan. Type written photo caption written by Joe Clark, HBSS for the Lapeer County Press in Lapeer, Michigan. Joe had a weekly photo and poem or witticism in the Lapeer County Press that ran for maybe 15 years or more. Frank and Gladys Cooper, writers for the Press were good family friends who would drop by and pick out a pile of photos. The Cooper's created and managed the column.
Date: 1982
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Helen Krent inside an Automobile]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo was taken in the late 1930s. Hamtramck, Michigan is a small town and Polish community surrounded by the city of Detroit. Helen Krent sits in an automobile. Photo by: Bernice Clark
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Aunt Georgia]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Hamtramck, Michigan is a small town and Polish community surrounded by the city of Detroit. This photo was taken in the late 1930s. The girl in this photo is “Aunt Georgia.” A honorary title because she moved in and lived with our family in the years before I was born. Photo by: Bernice Clark.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman and police car]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo was taken during the late 1930s in St. Clair, Michigan. It is an image of an unknown woman sitting on the running board of a police car.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Anna Ruzylo in the Kitchen]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo was taken in the late 1930s. Hamtramck, Michigan is a small town and Polish community surrounded by the city of Detroit. Anna Ruzylo is my great grandmother. There are not many photos of my great grandmother in the archive since she came over from Poland very late in life. My wife, Kay, and I named our daughter Anna Marie Clark in her honor.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Joe, HBSS
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Three Girls on a Beach]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo was taken during the late 1930s in St. Clair, Michigan. It is a photo of three girls on a Lake St.Clair beach: Virl Gregg (married name), Unknown girl, and Helen Krent. Virl was a long time family friend.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ed Krent and automobile]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo was taken in the late 1930s. Hamtramck, Michigan is a small town and Polish community surrounded by the city of Detroit. On top of the automobile is Ed Krent. He was the youngest brother on my mother's side, the Polish side, of the family. Photo by: Bernice Clark
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Joe Clark Caught in the Kitchen]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo was taken during the late 1930s. Hamtramck, Michigan is a small town and Polish community surrounded by the city of Detroit. Caught in the kitchen drying dishes is my father Joe Clark, HBSS. This is a very early photo of him. I know of only two or three others taken earlier in his life.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bill Krent and Friend]

Description: Photograph of Bill Krent (left) and an unknown man standing together in front of a vehicle, parked on the street in a residential neighborhood. Several houses are visible behind them, and other vehicles are parked on the street; a sidewalk is visible in the foreground.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Helen Krent ]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo was taken during the late 1930s in St. Claire, Michigan. This is Helen Krent standing outside a friend's home. Helen was my mother Bernice’s younger sister. She later married Steve Werner. It's a beautiful picture of her.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman standing by a tree]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo was taken during the late 1930s in St. Claire, Michigan. It is an image of an unknown woman standing by a tree. Photo by: Bernice Clark
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Helen Krent on Sidewalk]

Description: Photograph of Helen Krent standing on a sidewalk, to the right of a tree in Hamtramck, Michigan. She is wearing a dark-colored hat and a long, dark-colored coat with a large flower on the left lapel. The ground behind her has a layer of patchy snow, and there are several houses visible behind a low, decorative metal fence.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bernice, a Friend, and Helen]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Hamtramck, Michigan is a small town and Polish community surrounded by the city of Detroit. This photo was taken in the late 1930s. On the left is Bernice Krent, center is a friend, and on the right is Helen Krent. Bernice married Joe Clark on May 11, 1943. Her sister Helen married Steve Werner. As sisters go, they were always best friends.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Unknown Friend and Ed Krent]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Hamtramck, Michigan is a small town and Polish community surrounded by the city of Detroit. This photo was taken in the late 1930s. Standing in the car's doorway is an unknown friend. Sitting on the fender is Ed Krent. He was the youngest brother on my mother's side of the family. Photo by: Bernice Krent.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Virl and Helen]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo was taken during the late 1930s in St. Claire, Michigan. Virl Gregg and Helen Krent stand in Virl's backyard. Gregg is Virl's married name. I don't know what her maiden name was when this photo was taken. Helen was Bernice's younger sister. Photo by: Bernice Clark
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Esther & Bill]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo was taken in the late 1930s. Hamtramck, Michigan is a small town and Polish community surrounded by the city of Detroit. Hard to tell because this shot is fuzzy, but my guess is that this is Esther and Bill horsing around. They would have been courting at this point and that kind of behavior between a boy and a girl is still in fashion today. (Esther (can’t recall her maiden name) and Bill Krent)
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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

[Polish Class]

Description: Photograph of pairs of children spinning and dancing at the Polish National Alliance Hall. "Bernice Clark" is signed in the lower left corner of the image.
Date: March 1958
Creator: Clark, Bernice & Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Detroit City Skyline 1956]

Description: Photograph of downtown Detroit with the Detroit River in the foreground. A ship extends through the left half of the photograph, and a cloudy sky can be seen behind the skyscrapers. Photo is taken from the Windsor, Canada side of the river where Detroit is actually North of Canada. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 0000-0004-22
Date: unknown
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
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