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[Aerial Photo of Detroit Skyline]

Description: Photograph of Detroit, Michigan out of an airplane window. Dark clouds and the moon have been superimposed above the city, and the wing of the airplane is visible on the right side of the image. Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo is the cover image of the Joe Clark book, "Detroit: God's Greatest City" Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 7800-111
Date: 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Aerial view of a landscape]

Description: Aerial Photograph a mountainous landscape in Nevada. This is a "Impro" print. A technique Joe Clark used to drop mid-tones and be left with pure black or pure white. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS . Clark PhotoFile: 7560-54
Date: 1958
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[All six lines of 1959 General Motors automobiles]

Description: Photograph of six automobiles parked on a street, three on each side of this street in two rows. These automobiles are all six lines that General Motors produced in 1959. This photograph was taken at the General Motors Milford Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan.
Date: September 21, 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ann Marston fires an arrow at an egg]

Description: Photograph of champion archer, Ann Marston, firing an arrow at an egg resting on a stand. This photograph was featured in the August 31, 1953 issue of Life Magazine. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Text of the article: "Archery Expert Aims at Egg" -> The pretty blond disciple of William Tell above is the best young archer in the U.S. As an 11year-old Ann Marston of Detroit won the national cadet target championship and a year later added the intermediate target championship. Now a seasoned competi… more
Date: July 1953
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ann Marston scrambles an egg with her bow and arrow]

Description: Photograph of champion archer, Ann Marston, firing an arrow at an egg resting on a stand. This photograph was featured in the August 31, 1953 issue of Life Magazine. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Text of the article: "Archery Expert Aims at Egg" -> The pretty blond disciple of William Tell above is the best young archer in the U.S. As an 11year-old Ann Marston of Detroit won the national cadet target championship and a year later added the intermediate target championship. Now a seasoned competi… more
Date: July 1953
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ann Marston shoots an egg]

Description: Photograph of champion archer, Ann Marston, firing an arrow at an egg resting on a stand. This photograph was featured in the August 31, 1953 issue of Life Magazine. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Text of the article: "Archery Expert Aims at Egg" -> The pretty blond disciple of William Tell above is the best young archer in the U.S. As an 11year-old Ann Marston of Detroit won the national cadet target championship and a year later added the intermediate target championship. Now a seasoned competi… more
Date: July 1953
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Armed Moonshiners Pause for a Drink in Woods]

Description: Photograph of four moonshiners standing in a wooded area, somewhere near Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during the 1950's. One man holds a gun, and another drinks from a jug. Junebug Clark narrative: Story was that moonshine was so potent and strong that the moonshiners would take turns holding a gun on each other to force them to take a drink. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 0013-57
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Armed Moonshiners Pause for a Drink in Woods (2)]

Description: Photograph of four moonshiners standing in a wooded area, somewhere near Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during the 1950's. One man holds a gun, and another drinks from a jug. Junebug Clark narrative: Story was that moonshine was so potent and strong that the moonshiners would take turns holding a gun on each other to force them to take a drink. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 0013-57
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Art Class at the DIA]

Description: Photograph of children's art class at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Narrative by Junebug Clark: I might be in this photo. I spent many hours and days in classes and wandering the DIA. I sat for hours studying the Dutch Master paintings there trying to figure out the different light sources the painters used to light their subjects and where they came from and how they hid those lights so they were not in the painting. I still do. Photo by Bernice Clark. Signed by: Bernice Clark Clark PhotoFil… more
Date: 1955
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Automobile Worker]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified United Auto Worker at an automobile plant in Detroit, Michigan during the 1950's. He poses for his picture wearing a hat, goggles, gloves, and a dark work shirt. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Baptising in Olde Towne Creek]

Description: Photograph of the baptism of Ivana Wright, who is standing a creek next to Preacher Hugh Vancel; Vancel is facing the bank and raising one of his hands toward the crowd standing on the bank. Immediately behind them, Hester Welch, Minnie Hicks, Cleo McCurey, Lilian Hicks, and Lenore Treece are also in the creek, standing in line. The baptisms took place in the Olde Towne Creek outside John Owen's home in Red Hill, Tennessee.
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bird's Eye View]

Description: Photograph from above of two badminton players looking up to the shuttlecock. It appeared in Life Magazine's April 20, 1959 with the caption: "FACE IN A FRAME. Tan Joe Hok reaches out to bat the bird during U.S. badminton championships at Grosse Pointe. He did not lose a set until finals." Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS
Date: 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bird's Eye View]

Description: Photograph from above of two badminton players looking up to the shuttlecock. It appeared in Life Magazine's April 20, 1959 with the caption: "FACE IN A FRAME. Tan Joe Hok reaches out to bat the bird during U.S. badminton championships at Grosse Pointe. He did not lose a set until finals." Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Blacksmith Shop]

Description: Photograph of a group of people, including a boy, working in a blacksmith shop in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The men work on constructing wooden wheels. Narrative by Junebug Clark: There is a lot of information and photos to be found here on Alex and Wade Cline's Village Blacksmith. Search Joe Clark's Life In Tennessee Scrapbook (available as a searchable pdf) for stories from the day as well as National Geographic December 1943 (also in the scrapbook. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFi… more
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Blacksmith Shop]

Description: Photograph of a group of people, including a boy, working in a blacksmith shop in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The men appear to work on building three wagon wheels, and many others lie on the ground. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Joe always referred to this photo taken at Alex Cline's Blacksmith Shop as, "Assembly Line Country Style" Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Boy at Detroit Art Institute]

Description: Photograph of a boy working on a piece of art at the Detroit Art Institute. The boy sits on the ground with a piece of paper and what appears to be clay. Photo by Bernice Clark. Clark PhotoFile: 7069-0030-16
Date: October 1955
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Fishing with Accompanying Poem "Education"]

Description: Photograph of a boy named Gene fishing in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee in the 1950's. He stands on a plank over the water, using a sapling as a fishing pole. Below the image is a poem titled "Education." Nature’s simple secrets Can hide in quiet pools And Life’s greatest lessons Are not all learned in schools. hbss Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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