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Junebug Clark: Pictures that Tell a Story

Professional photographers and longtime friends Dan Moore and Junebug Clark, of the photography business Moore/Clark Photography, talk about the business of photography and the legacy of Joe Clark, Junebug's father. This video was created while Junebug Clark was the 2001 Artist-in-Residence in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Date: 2001
Creator: City of Farmington Hills (Michigan) Cultural Arts Division
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Envelope to Joe from Lapeer County Press]

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Envelope is from December 30, 1982, Farmington, Michigan. Envelope was used to return a poem by Joe Clark, HBSS from the Lapeer County Press in Lapeer, Michigan. Joe had a weekly photo and poem or witticism in the Lapeer County Press that ran for maybe 15 years or more. Frank and Gladys Cooper, writers for the Press were good family friends who would drop by and pick out a pile of photos. The Cooper's created and managed the column.
Date: December 30, 1982
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Type Written Caption]

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Caption is from December 30, 1982, Farmington, Michigan. Type written photo caption written by Joe Clark, HBSS for the Lapeer County Press in Lapeer, Michigan. Joe had a weekly photo and poem or witticism in the Lapeer County Press that ran for maybe 15 years or more. Frank and Gladys Cooper, writers for the Press were good family friends who would drop by and pick out a pile of photos. The Cooper's created and managed the column.
Date: 1982
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Joe Clark and his wife Bernice]

Photograph of a Joe Clark and his wife Bernice photographed by Isadore A. Berger, an attorney. The two individuals pose in a room with curtained windows, and Clark makes a hand-motion that is blurred by the camera. A photographic print of a man with a dog is exhibited on an easel in the far right corner of the room. Narrative by Junebug Clark: This print was given to my wife Kay and I by Isadore Berger, The Hobo Attorney. An avid photographer, world traveler, counselor at law and family friend. 194u Detroit, Michigan Joe Clark, HBSS. and his wife Bernice Clark. present Joe's Tennessee photos to the Detroit Camera Club. Photo Credit: Isadore Arnold Berger
Date: August 6, 1979
Creator: Berger, Isadore
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Wade Hamilton Clark - Four Hours Old]

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph of Wade Hamilton Clark. In the image, Clark is wrapped in a blanket sleeping with the wrist identifier visible. December 13, 1978. Son of Junebug & Kay. A year prior I had photographer 11 births for Providence Hospital's Development office. They were seeking donations to build a new birthing wing. I shot, natural, epidural, C-section, home birth, Leboyer, etc. This was before I had a cell phone or pager and my wife Kay kept constant tabs on my where abouts. I did not miss a birth and every one of them came late (except for the induced one) So when I got a call to shoot an ad for Eli-Lilley, (Fly Detroit to Chicago one evening, travel to a farm, at sunup shoot a catle rancher feeding his catle and return to Chicago and fly home to Detroit, on our first child's due date, Kay said go ahead. Wouldn't you know it. She went into labor and delivered before I could get back. My father, Joe Clark HBSS, was there though and shot the birth in real time. He photographed me at three minutes old. So, if we had to send in a second shooter …
Date: December 13, 1978
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Portrait of Leonard Woodstock]

Photograph of Leonard Woodstock at the International UAW/Chrysler Council Meeting. In the image, Woodstock is dressed in a navy pinstriped blazer over a floral dress shirt.
Date: November 10, 1972
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Three Men on a Sailboat]

Photograph of three men posing on a tilting boat in the St. Clair River. In this image, the man on the left is balancing over the water, the one in the middle has a hand on his hip and is looking directly at the camera, while the man on the right is reclining, looking out at the water.
Date: August 9, 1971
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Anna Ruzylo in the Kitchen]

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.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Joe, HBSS
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aunt Esther at the Kitchen Table]

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.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aunt Georgia]

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Hamtramck, Michigan is a small town and Polish community surrounded by the city of Detroit. This photo was taken in the late 1930s. The girl in this photo is “Aunt Georgia.” A honorary title because she moved in and lived with our family in the years before I was born. Photo by: Bernice Clark.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Automobiles in a factory, 3]

Photograph of cars on the factory floor being inspected. People are standing around and inside of the cars inspecting all of its parts.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Automobiles in a factory, 5]

Photograph of cars on the factory floor being inspected. People are standing around and inside of the cars inspecting all of its parts.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bernice, a Friend, and Helen]

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Hamtramck, Michigan is a small town and Polish community surrounded by the city of Detroit. This photo was taken in the late 1930s. On the left is Bernice Krent, center is a friend, and on the right is Helen Krent. Bernice married Joe Clark on May 11, 1943. Her sister Helen married Steve Werner. As sisters go, they were always best friends.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bill Krent and Friend]

Photograph of Bill Krent (left) and an unknown man standing together in front of a vehicle, parked on the street in a residential neighborhood. Several houses are visible behind them, and other vehicles are parked on the street; a sidewalk is visible in the foreground.
Date: 193X
Creator: Clark, Bernice
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bringing Home Baby Brother

Photograph of a woman, Jennie Krent, holding a newborn baby, Richard Krent. The baby wears a white lace gown and a bonnet. Two young boys are in the frame, interacting with the baby, top: Ed Krent, right: Tom Krent. Photo by: Junebug Clark.
Date: 195X
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Car Dealership]

Photograph of a car dealership in Detroit, Michigan. Three people can be seen standing in the lot, and the picture was taken from above. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Chevrolet Corvair Driving in Snow]

Photograph of a Chevrolet Corvair driving through the snow in Michigan. Two people can be seen in the car, and telephonepoles and lines run the length of the street. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 8020-1
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Children Ice Skating on the River Rouge in the Snow]

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph of several children ice skating on the Rouge River in the winter snow. River Rouge is a northern suburb of Detroit. River Rouge Park is one of Michigan's fine family gathering places year round. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 552-53
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Children Ice Skating on the River Rouge in the Snow (2)]

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph of several children ice skating on the Rouge River in the winter snow. River Rouge is a northern suburb of Detroit. River Rouge Park is one of Michigan's fine family gathering places year round. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 552-53
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[(City Gal -) Country Gal]

Photograph of a woman holding an ax over her foot, which rests on a tree stump. A puppy stands beside her. This photograph is part of Joe Clark's "Detroit" series and is featured in his book "Detroit: God's Greatest City" with the caption: "A city gal paints her toe nails and makes them look so swell. A country gal just chops 'em off and lets 'em go to hell." Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Crowd of people standing in the dirt]

Photograph of a crowd of people, mostly men but also some women and children, standing around in a dirt field. In the center of the photo is Henry Ford and another man standing next to each other.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Crowd of people standing in the dirt, 2]

Photograph of a crowd of people, mostly men but also some women and children, standing around in a dirt field. In the center of the photo is Henry Ford and another man standing next to each other.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Crowd of spectators watching behind a fence]

Photograph of a crowd of spectators watching an event from behind a wire fence. The photograph is a double exposure where another image is faintly seen on top of the primary one.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Detroit alley covered in trash]

Photograph of an alley in Detroit, Michigan. There is trash piled along both sides of the alley with a path for vehicles to pass through. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 7710-0005-22
Date: 19XX
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library