Photograph of buildings lined up along side a road. There is a truck pulled off along the road with one door open. In the foreground of the photograph are three mailboxes and growing stalks of corn.

Photograph of buildings lined up along side a road. There is also a truck pulled over off the road with one door open. In the foreground of the photograph there are three mailboxes and growing stalks of corn.

Photograph of Douglas Clark with his father, Wade Hampton Clark, Jr. (Junebug) playing out-of-doors. Junebug is lying on his back in the grass and Douglas is crouched near his head, touching his face with one hand and reaching for his dad's hat with the other. A bush is visible behind them.

Joe Clark, HBSS, did a series on "The Gate to no where and the Gate to everywhere". This photo highlights the beautiful country side in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, Joe's home.

Photograph of horse drawn hay rake sitting under a tree. Behind the farm equipment is a gated fence leading out to a spacious field with a wooded area off to one side.

Photograph of Joe Clark's brother, Junebug Clark, standing at a cliff overlooking Cumberland Gap. From Junebug Clark: A view of Cumberland Gap from a Mountain Top. A time to clear the mind and think of all those before us and those after us. A Cloudy view with all the roads and lives before you.

Photograph of garlic or onion bulbs hanging by a nail from the side of a structure.

Joe Clark, HBSS, photographed many gates to remind him of his childhood. The gate was a place to take you anywhere you wanted to go. His use of photos to open your imagination and dream of places you could go were always captured with love and memories.

Narration by Junebug Clark: This photo is from the 1944 in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Old Mag is a mule. My grandfather, Wade Hampton Clark, Sr. kept him on his farm. I never met Old Mag, but my father, Joe Clark, HBSS was attached to him. This photo has appeared in magazines, posters and in one of my dad's book.

Narration by Junebug Clark: This photo is from the 1940s in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Old Mag is a mule. My grandfather, Wade Hampton Clark, Sr. kept him on his farm. I never met Old Mag, but my father, Joe Clark, HBSS was attached to him. This photo has appeared in magazines, posters and in one of my dad's book.

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.

Photograph of Aunt Julia McCreary sitting in a rocking chair reading a book by the fireplace.

Photograph of young Roy McCreary crossing a bridge with a walking stick on a path in the Hills of Tennessee, thinking about his future. Beautiful scene in the Hills of Tennessee.

Photograph of a moonshine jug hidden in the crevice of a tree. The moonshine jug is a big black bottle, and is centered in the photograph. The tree is weathered and seems to be eaten by termites, and takes up the rest of the frame.

Photograph of Aunt Oma Wright and Aunt Julia McCrary seated by the fireplace in their home in 1942, Cumberland Gap Tennessee. (Aunt Julia is seated in the rocker)

Photograph of children lined up tasting the sweet sorghum molasses off shortened sorghum cane used as a tasting spoon. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 Molasses Making Stir-off - Walking My Girl Home Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Either on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Gap on the farm of Baptist preacher the Rev. Hugh Vancel. More information about these images can be found in scrapbooks in the Clark Family Collection at the University of North Texas Special Collections Library. Specifically in a Detroit news pictorial article published December 13, 1942 titles "stir-off party" where mountaineers make molasses and merriment. Also in life magazine published November 13, 1950 [page 156] titled “Stir-off Time in Tennessee, Fun Starts in Hills as Molasses Boils.’ Also in the library is the NBC Today Show story on Joe Clark HBSS by Bob Dotson. It features Joe Clark returning to Cumberland Gap Tennessee to photograph a molasses stir off taking place in the same location as some of these photographs and attended by some of the same people in the early 1980s. Let me briefly set the scene of the time and era that these photos were made. …

Photograph of a jug of "Wild Spirits" from a still hidden in a tree in the hills of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.

Photograph of the bridal party, beginning with the flower girl Dixie Rhinehart, entering down the aisle of the Sunny View Methodist Church for the wedding ceremony of Gilbert Dove and Hazel Petrey. The Dixie is followed by Gerry Petrey, with Mabel Henderson visible behind her. Hazel's father and brother, A.D., are seated in the first row on the left side of the photo. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HBSS book “Country Wedding," published in 1974. Additionally, a 1982 photo of Hazel and Gilbert can be found in Joe’s Tennessee Scrapbook. All are in the Clark Family Photography Collection. Additional photos and information can be forund in the pdf document "Joe Clark HBSS Scrapbook" pgs 39-41

Photograph of the bridal party walking to John Brown's home, following a wedding rehearsal at Sunny View Methodist Church. The bride (Hazel Petrey) and the groom (Gilbert Dove) are visible in the foreground, walking away from the camera with the rest of the bridal party ahead of them. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HBSS book “Country Wedding," published in 1974. Additionally a 1982 photo of Hazel and Gilbert can be found in Joe’s Tennessee Scrapbook. All are in the Clark Family Photography Collection. Additional photos and information can be forund in the pdf document "Joe Clark HBSS Scrapbook" pgs 39-41

Photograph of Hazel Petrey and Gilbert Dove at the altar of the Sunny View Methodist Church during their wedding ceremony. Bridesmaids, Anna Ruth Petrey, Mabel Henderson, and Gerry Petrey stand to their left, and groomsman Bob Green stands to their right. The ceremony is presided over by Parson Hiram Frakes. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HBSS book “Country Wedding," published in 1974. Additionally a 1982 photo of Hazel and Gilbert can be found in Joe’s Tennessee Scrapbook. All are in the Clark Family Photography Collection.

Photograph of Hazel Petrey and Gilbert Dove kneeling in front of preacher, Hiram Frakes, as he officiates their wedding ceremony at the Sunny View Methodist Church. The bridesmaids Anna Ruth Petrey, Gerry Petrey, and Mabel Henderson stand to their left while groomsmen, Bob Green, stands to their right. Brother of Hazel Petrey, A.D. Petrey, is visible seated on the bench in the first row. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HBSS book “Country Wedding," published in 1974. Additionally a 1982 photo of Hazel and Gilbert can be found in Joe’s Tennessee Scrapbook. All are in the Clark Family Photography Collection.

Photograph of Hazel Petrey and Gilbert Dove posing for pictures after their wedding at the Sunny View Methodist Church in Germany, Kentucky. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HBSS book “Country Wedding," published in 1974. Additionally a 1982 photo of Hazel and Gilbert can be found in Joe’s Tennessee Scrapbook. All are in the Clark Family Photography Collection.

Photograph of Gilbert Dove and Hazel Petrey leaving after their wedding. The wedding and reception were held at Sunny View Methodist Church Germany, Kentucky. Groomsman, Bob Green, is visible in the right side of the photo. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HBSS book “Country Wedding," published in 1974. Additionally, a 1982 photo of Hazel and Gilbert can be found in Joe’s Tennessee Scrapbook. All are in the Clark Family Photography Collection.