Photograph of an unidentified United Auto Worker at an automobile plant in Detroit, Michigan during the 1950's. He poses for his picture wearing a hat, goggles, gloves, and a dark work shirt. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.

Photograph of a crowd of people in what appears to be downtown Detroit. Several people and one vehicle move across the street. A hotel and Kresge's store can be seen in the background.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bob Hoernschemeryer - Football - Detroit Lions"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A former Capitol Hill highschool All-State football player who has made good in professional football is Lindell Pearson, a great halfback at the University of Oklahoma before graduating into the professional ranks as a starter with the Detroit Lions."

Photograph of Stan Kenton with singer Georgia Carr after a Detroit, MI performance of "The Biggest Show of '52".

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Helen Wallenda, the girl who brushes the ceiling of Municipal auditorium as the peak of a high wire human pyramid in the Shrine circus, is doing the act for the first time in more then 10 years."

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

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

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Tackle for Detroit Lions"

Photograph of a girl lounging on her front porch steps. Junebug Clark narrative: The girl was our next door neighbor in Hamtramck, Michigan. Her name was Janice Piasecki. Our address was 12135 Klinger Street, if you ever want to look this location up today Photo by: Junebug Clark. Signed by: Junebug Clark Clark PhotoFile: 6851-0005-27

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 used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "STURDY LAVERNE TORGESON FORMER WASHINGTON STATE STAR, IS ONE OF THE BIG REASONS THE DETROIT LIONS HAVE WON TWO STRAIGHT NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TITLES."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bobby Layne, Football, Detroit Lions"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bobby Layne, Football, Detroit Lions"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bob Hoernschemeryer - Football - Detroit Lions"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bobby Layne, Football, Detroit Lions"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bobby Layne, Football, Detroit Lions"

Photograph of a statue titled "The Spirit of Detroit," possibly taken during the late 1950's. The statue was commissioned in 1955 and dedicated in 1958, and it is owned by the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center. The statue features a man holding a different object in each hand. City and county seals can be seen on a wall behind it.

Photograph of a statue titled "The Spirit of Detroit," taken from a distance. A tall wall or building stands behind the statue, which was commissioned in 1955 and dedicated in 1958.

Two matted photographs of children playing baseball in a corner lot at Hamtramck, Michigan. The photograph on the left shows a boy preparing to swing a baseball bat, and the right photograph shows a very young boy throwing a baseball.Two matted photographs of children playing baseball in a corner lot at Hamtramck, Michigan. The photograph on the left shows a boy preparing to swing a baseball bat, and the right photograph shows a very young boy throwing a baseball. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 6955-65

Two matted photographs of children playing baseball in Hamtramck, Michigan. The left image features a small boy throwing a ball. The right image features an older boy holding a baseball bat.

Photograph of an unidentified Detroit Times Editor with Junebug Clark. They walk outside of the Detroit Times building, wearing jackets. Junebug held a position as a paid staff photographer for nine months before being "fired" for the newspaper breaking child labor laws. The newswires picked up on this "World's Youngest Press Photographer" being fired and his career took off. This picture was taken for Life magazine. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 6961-0007-7

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Tommy Bolt, Chattanooga, Tenn., up setter of favorites, makes an approach shot on the fairway to the first green in the PGA tournament at Detroit's Meadowbrook club Sunday."