Portrait of Reagor Motlow, 1898-1978, a Tennessee state senator and Jack Daniel's nephew.

Photograph of the Smokey Mountains from the top of a hill.

Photograph of an old wagon wheel on the side of a road. Weeds and brush are beginning to grow through and around the wheel.

Photograph of wild flowers growing up and through a wooden fence post. Through the fence wooded hills can be seen.

Photograph of a seeder used in farming. In the high contrast image, the seeder is being viewed from behind and is the only object visible in the image.

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 of Jimmy Powell in the woods. In this image, Powell, with his body facing away from the camera, is holding a rifle looking back and up over his shoulder. Photographs from this series were featured in Life Magazine and titled "Mountain Boy."

Photograph of Jimmy Powell holding a large rifle with a dog along a fence line. In the image the boy is surveying the farmland in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. 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: 7023-0058-33

Photograph of farm equipment in the Michigan snow. In the high-contrast image, the plow mechanics are distinguished against the white snow.

Photograph of a unknown girl with Santa at Crowley's. In the image the back of Santa's head takes up the left of the frame while looking at a little girl in a striped dress and large bow. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 7843-0001-10 mounted on wood

Photograph of an unidentified man plowing a field with a donkey, possibly in Lynchburg or Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during the 1950's. Rolling hills make up the landscape.

Photograph of several cars parked under a tree, possibly in Lynchburg or Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during the 1950's. An outhouse appears on the opposite side of the tree.

Photograph of a boy and a girl looking for places to put their art on the ground in a hallway of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Mounted pieces line the hallway walls, whereas the children's work is placed along the ground. Photo by Bernice Clark. Clark PhotoFile: 7069-0025-22

Photograph of people ice skating at Central Park in New York City. In the image, people of all ages are skating together with their hand clasped together or by themselves. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.

Photograph of Detroit, Michigan out of an airplane window. Dark clouds and the moon have been superimposed above the city, and the wing of the airplane is visible on the right side of the image. Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo is the cover image of the Joe Clark book, "Detroit: God's Greatest City" Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 7800-111

Photograph of an unidentified man sitting on a tree stump. The man is holding a mason jar with a clear liquid, assumed to be moonshine. The photograph is taken through the coils of a still.

Photograph of a neighborhood street in Detroit, Michigan. In this image, a line of cars is parked along the street in front of a row of similar-looking houses. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photographed with a 35mm Leica camera and a 400mm lens. Joe was a master of getting a hold of new or rare camera equipment and lenses and then using them to illustrate stories in dramatic ways. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 7800-0046-33

Slingshot John Milligan takes aim with his Milligan Special and prepares to fire. 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 Detroit Skyline in 1959. This picture is part of Joe Clark's "Detroit" series. It is taken from the Windsor, Canada side o the Detroit River. Ice can be seen floading in the water. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 7800-134

Photograph of an unidentified boy working on a farm in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during the 1950's. He holds a pile of sorguhm cane, and a horse stands behind him. Here he is running sorgum cane through a press to extract the juice to be boiled down at the Mollassess Stir-off. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.

Photograph of men, woman, and children receiving two cartons of Drinking Water from the back of a truck. In the image, a line has formed for the cartons where two men inside the truck are handling the crates, a mother is consoling a crying baby in her arms, another mother, wearing bandages on her face, is fixing her son's pants. Two men and an injured woman are walking with their rations towards the camera. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Water Delivery to Florida Hurricane Disaster Victims (Re-creation) Highland Park, Michigan Photo: Joe Clark HBSS 1955 This photo is significant because in the early 50s milk was only being distributed in glass bottles. Pure-Pak was manufacturing “New" paper carton containers, but people were reluctant to buy milk in anything but a glass bottle. There are a series of photos in the Clark Family Photography Collection used in ads to promote the benefits of the paper carton over the glass bottle, but nothing really changed the people's opinion until… …a hurricane hit Florida and Excello, the parent company of Pure-Pak, sent truck loads of emergency drinking water in Pure-Pak paper cartons and people finally got it. Why send glass bottles to an area …

Photograph of a group of winter skiers clustered into small groups, and taken in such a high contrast as to make the skiers appear to be comprised of only white and black shapes. "Joe Clark, H.B.S.S." is signed in the bottom right corner of the image. Narrative by Junebug Clark: This print is an "Impro" a technique developed by Joe that dropped mid-tones from the final photographic print. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 7367-8

Photograph of Jimmy Powell standing outside with a rifle, possibly in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Fog and mountains can be seen in the background. A poem titled "The Call of the Mountains" is typed beneath the photo on the mat. Photographs from this series were featured in Life Magazine and titled "Mountain Boy."

Photograph of water droplets. In the image, the fast moving droplets look like multiple flying saucers against a black backdrop. Narrative by Junebug Clark: One image out of a series of test images on how to capture Jack Daniel's Whiskey being Charcoal-Mellowed "drop by drop." Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 7312