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[Detroit Skyline in Winter 1959]

Description: Photograph of Detroit Skyline in 1959. This picture is part of Joe Clark's "Detroit" series. It is taken from the Windsor, Canada side o the Detroit River. Ice can be seen floading in the water. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 7800-134
Date: August 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Chrysler Employee and United Auto Worker]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph of an employee of Chrysler Dodge in Michigan. He poses for his photograph in his work clothes, including a hat, safety glasses and gloves. He is a United Auto Worker. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 8067-0010-10
Date: August 31, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[House and Driveway in Snow]

Description: Photograph of a house with a car parked outside in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Snow blankets the ground outside, and tire tracks leave a pathway to the house. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photo of the driveway, covered in snow, leading to the Joe Clark HBSS home on 12 Mile Rd in Farmington Hills, Michigan Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: unknown
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

[The Detroit Intitute of Arts]

Description: Photograph of The Detroit Institute of Arts, a building with three archways in the front entrance. Words on the building's exterior read: "Dedicated by the People of Detroit to the Knowledge and Enjoyment of Art." Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[World's Youngest Press Photographer]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified Detroit Times Editor with Junebug Clark. They walk outside of the Detroit Times building, wearing jackets. Junebug held a position as a paid staff photographer for nine months before being "fired" for the newspaper breaking child labor laws. The newswires picked up on this "World's Youngest Press Photographer" being fired and his career took off. This picture was taken for Life magazine. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 6961-0007-7
Date: May 10, 1955
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flat Acres]

Description: Photograph of a boy holding a turtle outside his home in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The boy wears a long-sleeved shirt with a horse pattern, and he has mud on his cheek.
Date: March 24, 1962
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

[Chrysler Employee and United Auto Worker]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph of a Chrysler Dodge employee and United Auto Worker. He wears protective dark glasses and a cap, and he smokes a pipe while leaning against welding rods. He is a welder. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 8067-0009-3
Date: August 31, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Joe Clark, HBSS Relaxing in a Hammock (2)]

Description: Photograph of Joe Clark lying in a hammock at his home in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He is holding a rope to help rock the hammock. A poem titled "If You Want to Catch a Fish" is typed to the right of the image on a mat. Photo By: Bernice Clark. Clark PhotoFile: 8054-R1-21
Date: July 12, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[John Milligan shoots an Egg]

Description: Photograph of John Milligan using a slingshot to scramble an egg. A woman holds a frying pan beneath the egg, which is exploding in mid-air. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Additional photos and information can be found in the pdf document "Joe Clark HBSS LIFE Magazine Photos" starting page 313. “February 03, 1961. Life Magazine pages 80-83. Slingshot Milligan. Messy Omelet - Deadeye Slinger.” Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: January 17, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[John Milligan prepares to scramble and egg with his Slingshot]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Additional photos and information can be found in the pdf document "Joe Clark HBSS LIFE Magazine Photos" starting page 313. “February 03, 1961. Life Magazine pages 80-83. Slingshot Milligan. Messy Omelet - Deadeye Slinger.” Photograph of an unidentified female waitress and John Milligan preparing for a difficult and dangerous shot. The goal, to scramble an egg as it is released from the fingers of the waitress and falls toward the frying pan. In the image the woman i… more
Date: January 17, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men and Two Boys Working]

Description: Photograph of a man and two boys working in what appears to be a basement. The man appears to sweep while the boys stand near a stairwell. This photograph was taken in Michigan for Gardner Advertising Company - Scotland.
Date: June 9, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Slingshot John Milligan knocking ash off cigarette]

Description: Photograph of slingshot expert, John Milligan knocking the ash off of his wife's cigarette. The woman stands in the foreground with her eyes closed as the ball from the fired slingshot hits the tip of her cigarette. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Impressive and captured in this photograph is proof that John was shooting the ash off of his wife's cigarette. The cigarette stayed lit. In real time people thought just getting close would do it, or his wife would flick the cigarette with her tongue. No… more
Date: March 22, 1952
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[John Milligan prepares to scramble and egg with his Slingshot (2)]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Additional photos and information can be found in the pdf document "Joe Clark HBSS LIFE Magazine Photos" starting page 313. “February 03, 1961. Life Magazine pages 80-83. Slingshot Milligan. Messy Omelet - Deadeye Slinger.” Photograph of an unidentified female waitress and John Milligan preparing for a difficult and dangerous shot. The goal, to scramble an egg as it is released from the fingers of the waitress and falls toward the frying pan. In the image the woman i… more
Date: January 17, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Spirit of Detroit Statue]

Description: Photograph of a statue titled "The Spirit of Detroit," possibly taken during the late 1950's. The statue was commissioned in 1955 and dedicated in 1958, and it is owned by the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center. The statue features a man holding a different object in each hand. City and county seals can be seen on a wall behind it.
Date: [1955..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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