Photograph of a young man using a pitchfork to pick up bundles of wheat. The man is standing on a large pile of bundles of wheat.

Photograph of a young man standing on a trailer, picking up bushes of wheat with a pitchfork.

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 a young man standing shirtless on a pile of dirt. He is holding a shovel upright in the dirt with both hands.

Photograph of a young man standing shirtless on a pile of dirt. He is holding a shovel upright in the dirt with both hands.

Photograph of a young man standing shirtless on a pile of dirt. He is holding a shovel upright in the dirt with both hands.

Photograph of a young man sitting at the wheel of a tractor. The tractor has a trailer full of wheat hooked up to the back of it.

Photograph of three young men going for dessert. The two men on the left are scooping pieces of what looks like cake out of a pan that's next to a pie, and the third man on the right looking at desserts deciding what to get. The table looks disheveled from a meal, with multiple empty glasses, and empty pie tin and a half eaten plate of food. Another man sits in the background on the left, staring ahead blankly.

Photograph of a two young trees in a forest. The trees sit in the center of the image and their branches are full with small, light-colored leaves. Tall slender trees from the surrounding forest make up the background, and a pile of logs are seen on the ground to the left.

Photograph of a young woman pouring a bucket of grain into a mill. The walls of the building she is inside are made of wooden posts supporting wooden planks.

Photograph of a young group of men and women, presumably a youth choir, sitting in a congregation at church and singing. They sit on the left side of the image with an open pew separating them from a man with his back to the camera, conducting the on the right. On the wall to the right, there are measures of music written on the wall in chalk.

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from 1938 and is shot in Red Hill, Tennessee. One of the first photos made by Joe, Baptising in Olde Towne Creek, has endured to become a favorite and meaningful to many. It bears close scrutiny because of the differing expressions and attitudes of those attending. People have said that they have counted fifty-one people in this picture and I’ve listened to many a controversy about a TV antenna* appearing in this 1938 photo. The Rev. Hugh Vancel, in charge in this photo, performed countless baptisms, but the ceremony eventually moved indoors. Olde Towne Creek empties into Keg Branch, a creek that runs though our property, about three miles left of your view point. To your right, about a mile, is the Clark family cemetery where Joe was laid to rest in December of 1989. In 1981 the Smithsonian Institute displayed a print of this photo for use in an exhibit “Rights of Passage.” It was published in the autobiography of Dolly Parton and as the poster for the Wolf Trap Music Festival. Jb. *lightning rod

Photograph of Reverend Hugh Vancel performing a baptism in Olde Town Creek near Red Hill, Tennessee. The reverend is standing in the creek and facing a large crowd of people on the bank, and holding the arm of a young girl (Ivana Wright) standing next to him; several other girls (identified as Hester Welch, Minnie Hicks, Cleo McCurey, Lilian Hicks, and Lenore Treece), a woman and a man are also standing in the creek, on the left. A building with wood siding is visible in the background.

Photograph of Reverend Hugh Vancel performing a baptism in Olde Town Creek near Red Hill, Tennessee. The reverend is standing in the creek and facing a large crowd of people on the bank, and holding the arm of a young girl standing next to him; several other girls, a woman and a man are also standing in the creek, on the left. A building with wood siding is visible in the background.

Photograph of an old farm house in a field. The roof is covered in wooden shingles; there is also a brick chimney. The envelope containing the negative has "Old Russell Place" written on it.

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Image is from 1938 and is shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. This home was built by Wade Clark. It is the home that Joe Clark, my father, was born in on October 4, 1904. Pictured here was the newest addition: a "Courtin' Parlor" built when the eldest girls "'came of courtin' age." My father, Joe, always regretted that he had no pictures of this home "in its glory." Photo by: Joe Clark HBSS

Photograph of Joe Clark's father, Wade Hampton Clark, Sr. and his hunting dog, Bingo, look toward the Cumberland mountains. Photo was taken on his farm in Cumberland Gap, TN.

Photograph of Roy and Dorothy McCrary sitting on a makeshift bridge, fishing in a stream. This photograph was shot on 116 film.