Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo was taken during the late 1930s in Hamtramck, Michigan. Hamtramck is a small town and Polish community surrounded by the city of Detroit. My Aunt Esther (can’t recall her maiden name at this time) is featured at the kitchen table. She would eventually marry Bill Krent and have 4 children: Jackie, David, Marsha and Claudia.

Photograph of a woman laughing while making a call on her wall phone. Her hand is on the phone's crank while she makes the call.

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.

Photograph of a woman laughing while she talks on the phone in her kitchen. Her hand is holding a fork in the hand that is on the phone's crank.

Photograph of two older women and a young man and boy peeling apples together in a kitchen, the women sitting on the left of the image and the boys sitting on the right, forming a half circle. They peel apples into a bin that sits in their laps, with a basket of unpeeled apples sitting in the center of them. A table sits in the corner of the room with a bin of peeled apple slices.

Photograph of three individuals in a kitchen. One woman is cooking on a stovetop, using a cast-iron skillet. A woman stands beside her and is feeding the man next to her. The man stands next to the woman and opens his mouth in preparation to take a bite of food.

Photograph of three individuals in a kitchen. One woman is cooking on a stovetop, using a cast-iron skillet. A woman stands beside her and is feeding the man next to her. The man stands next to the woman and opens his mouth in preparation to take a bite of food. A woman stands in the background and smiles at the camera.

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.

Photograph of two older women and a young man and boy peeling apples together in a kitchen, the women sitting on the left of the image and the boys sitting on the right, forming a half circle. They peel apples into a bin that sits in their laps, with a basket of unpeeled apples sitting in the center of them. A table sits in the corner of the room with a bin of peeled apple slices.

Photograph of Junebug Clark in the kitchen sink taking a bath. In the image, Clark looks surprised towards the camera while bottles and bowls can be seen on the counter behind him.

Photograph of a woman in a kitchen, serving food into a bowl. On the counter in front of her are two pots full of food and several plates with more food.

Photograph of a young man and woman in the kitchen cooking. The woman is on the right side of the image at the stove, stirring a pot and smiling at the man. The man is on the left side of the image, focusing on placing firewood into the stove.

Photograph of Virginia Clark washing a piece of cloth in the kitchen. In the image, Clark is bent over a washing board cleaning clothes inside a large bin placed on top of a chair.

Photograph of Hazel Petrey cooking breakfast in her kitchen the morning of her wedding to Gilbert Dove. She makes eggs in a skillet on her Supreme Enterprise stove and there is a plate of biscuits to her right. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HSSS book “ Country Wedding published in 1974. Additionally a 1982 photo of Hazel and Gilbert can be found in Joe’s Tennessee Scrapbook. All are in this Clark Family Collection.Photograph of Hazel Petrey cooking breakfast in her kitchen the morning of her wedding to Gilbert Dove. She makes eggs in a skillet on her Supreme Enterprise stove and there is a plate of biscuits to her right. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HSSS book “ Country Wedding published in 1974. Additionally a 1982 photo of Hazel and Gilbert can be found in Joe’s …

Photograph of a wood burning stove in the kitchen of a home. There is a wood pile next to the stove.

Portrait of an older woman sitting and peeling a tray of apples in a kitchen. The woman is in mid-sentence, talking and looking at someone off camera to the right. A table sits in the background on the right of the image, and a window with drapes pulled back right above it, it appears to be nighttime.

Photograph of two older women peeling and slicing apples from a tray in their laps, and a young boy eating one. The two women sit on the left side of the image and the boy sits on the right. They are sitting in a kitchen, and the woman on the far left is smiling at the boy as he eats.

Portrait of an older woman sitting and peeling a tray of apples in a kitchen. The woman is looking down at the apple she is peeling and works quietly. A table sits in the background on the right of the image, and a window with drapes pulled back right above it, it appears to be nighttime.

Photograph of Otto Walker and his sister reading for school early in the morning. The two sit in the kitchen next to a window.

Photograph of two young men spoon-feeding two young women treats in a small kitchen. The women are positioned on the left side of the image with their faces hidden from the camera, the the men are on the right side of the image and are amused with feeding them. A table sits in the lower right corner and is filled with food.

Photograph of a girl eating Velvet brand peanut butter out of the jar. She stands in a kitchen and appears to eat the peanut butter off of a knife. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS

Photograph of a telephone mounted on the wall next to a door and other various items in a general store. To the left of the telephone are various food and kitchen products. To the right of the telephone are horse bridles and leather belts.

Photograph of a young man taste testing a meal being cooked in the kitchen. The man stands on the left side of the image while a woman to his right cooks the meal and feeds him a spoonful to taste, laughing as she does. The man feeds more firewood to the stove, and in the background stands the rest of the stove and the floral print wallpaper on the walls.

Photograph of a kettle full of beans being heated by a fireplace. In the underexposed image, the kettle sits on the fire inside the small fireplace opening. The fireplace is in the kitchen of Uncle Jim Tolbert, the miller for the County.