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[Portrait of a Young, Short-Haired, African American Woman]

Portrait of a young African American woman with short hair from the waist and up.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chattanooga Photo Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #610 in Chattanooga, Tennessee]

Photograph of T&P train #610 in Chattanooga, Tennessee in the yard area behind Chattanooga Station under a bridge. Written below the image are "[sic] Chatanooga, Tenn July 9th 1977 #610 has just come into yard area behind Chatanooga Choo-Choo Station and is passing beneath Central Ave. Bridge with excursion out of Birmingham - shot with 180 mm lens" and "Fred Clark Jr."
Date: July 9, 1977
Creator: Clark, Fred Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Albino Wyooter]

Photograph of a man and his dog cowering before the likeness of the Albino Wyooter, a mythical creature living in the Tennessee mountains. The Wyooter was described by Joe Clark to be incredibly tall and fearsome, with giant claws that it used to attack travelers and their animals.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Apple butter sugar]

Photograph of a girl pouring sugar into the kettle. In the image, the unidentified girl is adding sugar to the apple butter while I boy stands over another bag of HERSHEY'S PURE CANE SUGAR.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aunt Nora Treece carding cotton]

Photograph of Aunt Nora Treece carding cotton with brushes. In the image, Aunt Treece sits by a table decorated with objects and photographs while carding the cotton.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aunt Nora Treece carding cotton]

Photograph of Aunt Nora Treece carding cotton. In the image, she sits by a window and a table decorated with photographs, objects, and a radio. In a chair next to Aunt Treece is a pile of already carded cotton ready to be stretched and spun.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aunt Nora Treece flattening the new broom]

Photograph of Aunt Nora Treece weaving a homemade broom flat. In the image, Aunt Nora is seated on the porch with the broom across her lap weaving a string through the broomcorn making it flat. A small kitten is seated next to the broom sniffing the ends with interest while someone can be seen inside through a screen door.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aunt Nora Treece in a root cellar]

Photograph of Aunt Nora Treece in a root cellar. In the image, Treece is holding two canned jard while seated in front of a long wall lines with jars, more can be seen a long the ground and on a shelf on another wall.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aunt Nora Treece making a broom]

Photograph of Aunt Nora Treece cutting off the stalks from the broomcorn for a new broom. In the image, Aunt Nora is holding the broom upside down while she cuts off the stalks with a large knife. A pin with the word "MOTHER" can be seen on her blouse.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aunt Nora Treece sewing]

Photograph of Aunt Nora Treece sewing. In the image, Aunt Treece is seated in a rocking chair by a window and table decorated with flowers and photographs.
Date: 1943
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aunt Nora Treece showing quilts]

Photograph of Aunt Nora Treece smiling to the camera as she shows off her finished quilts. In the image, a young unidentified girls stands holding a quilt next to Aunt Nora while one is laid on the bed and two more are pulled over a curtain.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aunt Nora Treece showing quilts]

Photograph of Aunt Nora Treece showing off some quilts. In the image, Aunt Nora and an unidentified girl are each holding up a quilted blanket while two more are hung up on a wall for the patterns to be seen.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Baptism]

Photograph of Ivana Wright being led into the water for baptism by Preacher Hugh Vancel outside John Owen's home in Red Hill, Tennessee. She is holding hands with Hester Welch, Minnie Hicks, Cleo McCurey, Lilian Hicks, and Lenore Treece who are also in the creek, following her. Multiple people from the town are in attendance, standing on the bank of the creek in the background. The image is on a mat that includes text in the upper-right corner that says "We go down to the riverside for the baptisin'" and an inset of another image in the series is in the lower-right corner of the mat.
Date: 1938
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Canned foods in the root cellar]

Photograph of a woman inspected a canned jar with two young girls. In the image, the unidentified woman and girls are inside a large root cellar filled with canned goods along the walls and tables.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Cattle on Lee Gray's Farm]

Cattle grazing around a watering hole on Lee Gray's Farm in Lynchburg, TN. Lee is in the background cloaked in an early morning fog.
Date: 1972-08~
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Caught Her]

Photograph of a boy catching a girl while playing a "kissing game" at a molasses stir-off. There are two rings, one of boys and one of girls. The girl tags a boy and he must chase her. If he catches her, a kiss is the prize. In this photograph, the young man claims his reward. There is a poem titled "Fact," mounted to the mat of the photo.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Couples Dancing at the Molasses Stir-off]

Photograph of numerous couples dancing at the molasses stir-off, with people watching from the background and a couple kissing in the foreground. This image is mounted to the left of a poem by Joe Clark, titled "Youth." Narrative by Junebug Clark: Additional photos and information can be found in the pdf document "Joe Clark HBSS LIFE Magazine Photos" page 20 and in the November 13, 1950. Life Magazine pages 156-160. Stir-off Time in Tennessee. Fun Starts in Hills as Molasses Boils. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Creete Russell Reciting Palms at the Chapel Service]

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Grandma Iris Clark showing quilts]

Photograph of grandma Iris Clark showing quilts. In the image, Clark is holding up two quilts by a bed showing the patterns to the camera.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Jack Daniel's Distillery Cave Spring with Statue]

Photograph of the cave spring and the Jack Daniel's statue which are both located on the grounds of the Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg, TN. A stream flowing over stones is seen in the foreground of the image while the Jack Daniel's statue is located in the right middle ground of the image. The cave is in the background of the image and is hidden by lush vegetation.
Date: 1972
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Jack Daniel's workers on Jack Daniel's Old Office Porch]

Photograph of Jack Daniel's Distillery workers sitting on the porch of Jack Daniel's Old Office. The group is diverse in age, gender, and ethnicity. Two ducks stand on the sidewalk in front of the office. The office is located on the distillery grounds in Lynchburg, TN.
Date: 1973~
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Jimmy Powell the Mountain Boy (2)]

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph of Jimmy Powell, laying down, shirtless, on top a mountain in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. In the image a farm can be seen on the next hill and Powell has a shotgun, almost the size of his body, laying next to him and his hunting dog off in the distance On the bottom of the image, "Lazy Bones," is handwritten. Joe never had photographs of himself growing up in Tennessee. He returned many times to photograph Jimmy and create an "Autobiographical" series of what Joe recalled his life to be. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 7023-0053-2
Date: July 9, 1955
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Joe Clark receiving a hair cut]

Photograph of Joe Clark receiving a hair cut at Dal Gulley's General Store. In the image, Clark is seated on a large barrel with a tarp over his body while getting his hair trimmed. Around them are items for purchase inside the store like knifes, grains, pipes, tonic, etc.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Junebug Clark leans on a sign for the city of Lynchburg, TN]

Photograph of a young man, Junebug Clark, leaning on a road sign that reads, "Lynchburg City Limit." He holds a camera in his right hand, and a camera bag hangs over his right shoulder. A sign in the background reads, "Welcome to Lynchburg: The Friendly City." Narrative by Junebug Clark: In the background you can see a white home. Just before that is the entrance to Jack Daniel's Distillery. First went there with my father at age 11 to shoot for the Jack Daniel's Advertising campaign and continued to shoot there for the next 35 years. The entire 38 years of Jack Daniel's photography by the two of us is now housed here in the Special Collections Library at the University of North Texas. I hope you will come in, set a spell and take a look around. Photo by: Joe Clark HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 9150-R22-??
Date: 1972
Creator: Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library