Portrait of Conner, Robert, Hap and Reagor Motlow. The Motlow boys are Jack Daniel's Nephews. The portrait was taken around the pot belly stove in Jack Daniel's Old Office which is located in the Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg, TN.

Narrative by Junebug Clark: February 1978. Lynchburg, Tennessee. Jack Daniel Retirees in Jack Daniel's Old Ofice together for a Jack Daniel's advertising shoot. L-R: Garland Dusenberry, Clarence Rolman, Lem Tolley, Charlie Walker. Standing in the rear is Herby Fanning, sitting in the chair is Lant Wood and the last fellow is unidentified.

Portrait of Reagor Motlow, a Tennessee State Senator, and also Jack Daniel's nephew. The photograph was taken on the Jack Daniel's Distillery grounds in Lynchburg, TN.

Photograph of Otto Walker and Harry England leaving the school house to get more water from the spring one mile away. In the image, Walker and England are just stepping out of the school house, bucket in hand, as they begin their journey for fresh water at the spring.

Photograph of Creete Russell singing at the Chapel Service. In the image Russell is standing next to the pew in a one piece patterned jumper.

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 Photograph of a group of teenagers from Lincoln Memorial University in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee playing a game of "Shoes in a Circle" A boy and girl team up and removed their shoes and pile them up randomly with other contestants shoes. A signal starts the mad rush to find and put on their shoes. The team to complete the task first wins. This photo appears on page 766 of National Geographic Magazine. A 21 page article on Cumberland Gap and its people with photographs by Joe Clark, HBSS appears in this early 1940's publication. It's a great article. I'm sorry that I don't have the date handy now, but if you have gotten this far... I'd highly recommend digging further for that Geographic Magazine. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Either on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Gap on the farm of Baptist preacher the Rev. Hugh Vancel. More information about these images can be found in scrapbooks in the Clark Family Collection at the University of North Texas …

Photograph of a family of ten sitting or standing around a stove. Five of them are playing instruments while the rest listen. The walls and ceiling around them are papered with pages from catalogs, magazines, or newspapers and the floors are made of wooden boards. On the back wall on the right side is a calendar with a gun hanging above it. In the corner on the same side is a standing mirror. On the right wall is a window covered with lacy curtains. Overtop the stove, on the mantle, are two oil lamps.

Photograph of the headstone of Joseph Clark. It is a tall, slender headstone with decorative accents etched on the top of the marker, and "Clark" etched at the bottom in all capital letters. The epithet reads "Joseph Clark Born Nov. 18 1836, Died Sep. 23 1901. At rest".

Photograph of two young women dancing in a restaurant.

Photograph of a woman posing with a St. Clair police vehicle. She is sitting on the foot ledge on the side of the car with her head sitting in her right hand, and her left holding a half-eaten piece of food. The car door has a badge outline on it to her left, with the words "St. Clair Police Service" written in it.

Photograph of two signs along side a paved road.

Photograph of students seated along a bench at the front of a class room while the teacher stands behind them.

Photograph of a young girl raising her hand with two boys seated on a bench in a one room school house. There are papers with spelling words written on them in their hands and on the bench.

Photograph of signs along a paved road.

Photograph of seven students seated at a table as they read from books. The students and table are next to a window.

Photograph of a man dressed in a suit and carrying a briefcase, walking down an ice and snow covered sidewalk. One side of the sidewalk are several store fronts and restaurants and the other side is the road with several cars parked against the curb.

Photograph of a man dressed in a suit, standing up at his table and giving a speech while his tablemates remain seated. Behind them is a row of several different countries' national flags and hanging above them is a sign with an illustration of a soldier carrying a rifle with a bayonet and the words "Stick with me to the finish".

Photograph of a young girl holding a hammer in one hand and a banner in the other to hang it from the window frame. Next to her is another young girl watching her. On the glass of the window are two signs one reading "I am a red cross blood donor; are you?" and the other reading "1944 war fund".

Photograph of a young man in a log cabin, sitting on a chair next to a fireplace and playing guitar. On the mantle above the fireplace are two rifles mounted on either side of a clock where in the bottom window is a "Remember Dec. 7th!" poster.

Photograph of two young girls, one holding a hammer and a banner and the other watching her. The girl with the hammer is holding the banner up to the window frame and her lips have been drawn on with pen that has smeared. Also on the window are two signs for the Red Cross.

Photograph of five people, four men and one woman, walking through an airfield and carrying lunchboxes. Behind them are two planes, only one of which is entirely visible, and has a topless woman painted on the side.

Photograph of a sign for Cumberland Gap at the border between Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Standing next to the sign is a woman with a car parked not far from her. A road cutting through the mountains and trees runs through the area along with signs for a cave, the border for Virginia and Kentucky, and signs for the speed limit.

Photograph of the window of a record store's storefront. All of the record in the window have melted front he heat of the sun.

Photograph of groups of infantry standing at attention, surrounded by other citizens, listening to a speech done in front of Detroit City Hall. In the background is a sign that reads, "3rd war loan, back the attack with *unintelligible* bonds".