Photograph of fox pelts, part of a bag ol local fox hunters.

Photograph of a Milligan Special slingshot, which bears a label reading: Milligan Special Slingshot Co., Model No. 1, P. O. Box 203, Lincoln Park, Mich. Made in USA. Four lead hunting slingshot balls lie beside the slingshot. 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 documenting his talent and accuracy. To assure accuracy, he has designed his own precision-built aluminum sling, called the Milligan Special. Additional photos and information can be found in the Clark Family Collection. Photos from this series appeared in eight national publications. Here you can find articles in “Life Magazine . February 3, 1961. Pages 80-83. And in a fifteen page pictorial in the book “Photojournalism” by Joe Clark, HBSS. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.

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 and bagging game in the field.” Joe took John national with his photos documenting his talent and accuracy. To assure accuracy, he has designed his own precision-built aluminum sling, called the Milligan Special. Additional photos and information can be found in the Clark Family Collection. Photos from this series appeared in eight national publications. Here you can find articles in “Life Magazine . February 3, 1961. Pages 80-83. And in a fifteen page pictorial in the book “Photojournalism” by Joe Clark, HBSS. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.

Photograph of John Milligan using a slingshot to burst balloons being held in the mouths of his wife and a next-door neighbor. 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 documenting his talent and accuracy. To assure accuracy, he has designed his own precision-built aluminum sling, called the Milligan Special. Additional photos and information can be found in the Clark Family Collection. Photos from this series appeared in eight national publications. Here you can find articles in “Life Magazine . February 3, 1961. Pages 80-83. And in a fifteen page pictorial in the book “Photojournalism” by Joe Clark, HBSS. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 6335-86

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. Not so, photographic proof of Slingshot Milligan's uncanny accuracy. 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 documenting his talent and accuracy. To assure accuracy, he has designed his own precision-built aluminum sling, called the Milligan Special. Additional photos and information can be found in the Clark Family Collection. Photos from this series appeared in eight national publications. Here you can find articles in “Life Magazine . February 3, 1961. Pages 80-83. And in a fifteen page pictorial …

Photograph of Slingshot John Milligan Unleashing His Milligan Special. This photo appears on page 83 of the Life Magazine listed below. 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 documenting his talent and accuracy. To assure accuracy, he has designed his own precision-built aluminum sling, called the Milligan Special. Additional photos and information can be found in the Clark Family Collection. Photos from this series appeared in eight national publications. Here you can find articles in “Life Magazine . February 3, 1961. Pages 80-83. And in a fifteen page pictorial in the book “Photojournalism” by Joe Clark, HBSS. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 6335-83

Photograph of a John's wife holding three balloons, one has been shot through by Slingshot John Milligan. In the image the balloon in her right hand has just been popped and the other two are next to be shot. 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 documenting his talent and accuracy. To assure accuracy, he has designed his own precision-built aluminum sling, called the Milligan Special. Additional photos and information can be found in the Clark Family Collection. Photos from this series appeared in eight national publications. Here you can find articles in “Life Magazine . February 3, 1961. Pages 80-83. And in a fifteen page pictorial in the book “Photojournalism” by Joe Clark, HBSS. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 6335-64

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Henry Ford's feeling for Thomas Edison amounted almost to hero-worship, but it didn't preclude a warm and lasting friendship."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Thomas Edison's restored Menlo Park compound appears today in Greenfield Village as it did exactly three-quarters of a century ago when the electrical genius touched wires to the world's first practical electrical lamp."

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.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Aaron L. Rutledge is head of the counseling and Psychotherapy program at Merrill Palmer Institute."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Answering questions for three new officers of the Future Homemakers of America is family Counselor Dr. Aaron Rutledge. Left to right, Jolene Ratzlaff, Carol Meyer, and Mary Worthy."

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.

Photograph of a Michigan neighborhood, featuring a row of houses situated on a hill above a road. A car drives on the road, and snow can be seen in the yards of the houses.

Photograph of a row of snow-covered sheds lined up behind a row of neighborhood houses. Cars are parked in the snow by the sheds, and power lines stand between every two buildings.

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph of a pair of mules pulling a plow driven by Wade Hampton Clark, Sr. through a field. This photo is the cover of the Joe Clark, HBSS book "Tennessee Hill Folk" published by Vanderbilt University Press in 1972. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 8400-110

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The Rev. Floyd Shaffer transforms himself into a bulbous-nosed clown in full view if his audiences."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The Rev. Floyd shaffer transforms himself into a bulbous-nosed clown in full view of his audiences."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Rev. Floyd Shaffer transforms himself into a bulbous-nosed clown in full view of his audiences."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Rev. Floyd Shaffer transforms himself into a bulbous-nosed clown in full view of his audiences."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The Rev. Floyd Shaffer, Detroit Luthrran pastor ('clowns'to reach people)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "All suited up, Floyd Shaffer gets ready to carry out unusual Communion service."