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[Detroit Lions Football Player Alex Karras]

Description: Photograph of Detroit Lions football player Alex Karras as he walks off the field. In the image Karras is looking down while licking his lips, wearing full football gear, as he walks away from the field. Junebug Clark narrative: Alex was also known for his movie role, Mongo, in "Blazing Saddles" and as the TV Dad in the television series "Webster." Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: H.B.S.S Clark PhotoFile: 8635-0011-12
Date: September 25, 1966
Creator: Clark, Joe
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When Reason Runs Wild 16 x 20

Description: Photograph of the reflection of a fire burning in a convenience store window. This photograph was taken during the 1967 riots in Detroit, Michigan. Taken on assignment for Newsweek Magazine. Another photo ran on the cover of Newsweek. A number of others ran inside the same issue. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Country Boy with Accompanying Poem]

Description: Photograph of a young boy in a straw hat and overalls. In this image, the unidentified boy is digging at a small house set at the bottom of a hill. This image is set to the right of a poem by Joe Clark, titled "Country Boy." Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS
Date: November 2, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
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[Baby Junebug Clark with Accompanying Poem]

Description: Photograph of Junebug Clark as a baby, sitting in a high chair with his hand in his mouth. The photograph is mounted next to a poem by Joe Clark, titled "Only a Snapshot." Junebug clark was born in April 1949, but this image was dated November 1961. It is assumed this date is when Joe this piece along with the poem. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 4988
Date: November 22, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
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[Slingshot John Milligan Scrambling an Egg]

Description: Photograph of an egg in mid-explosion from a slingshot ball. In the image John Milligan stands in the background holding the slingshot in position while the exploded egg takes up the foreground of the image showing crisp detail of the exploded object. 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… more
Date: January 17, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Statue of The Thinker]

Description: Photograph of The Thinker statue by Auguste Rodin. In the image the statue, being distorted by a Hypergon Lens, is centered in the frame with building in the background. Joe Clark, the photographer, was testing out the new lens.
Date: February 10, 1963
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Elderly Man with Accompanying Poem]

Description: Photograph of an elderly man, hunched over in his chair. In this image the unidentified man is looking down, and chewing on something in his fingers. This image is mounted diagonally above a poem by Joe Clark, titled "Winter." Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS
Date: November 2, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Baby Junebug Clark with accompanying poem]

Description: Photograph of Junebug Clark as a baby, with numerous bandages and taped pieces of gauze on his face and fingers. Junebug clark was born in April 1949, but this image was dated December 1961. It is assumed this date is when Joe this piece along with the poem. This image is mounted to the right of a poem by Joe Clark, titled "Despair." Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS
Date: December 10, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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The Hillbilly Snapshooter

Description: Video of an interview with photographer Joe Clark, known as the "Hillbilly Snapshooter." The video appears to have been produced by a Detroit news station, possibly WJBK, although there is no identifying information. Clark is known for his images of his native Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Many images of rural life in Tennessee taken by Clark are featured throughout the interview with instrumental music, including a surf-rock interpretation of a traditional song, played as accompaniment.
Date: 1961
Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video

[Street During A Fire]

Description: Photograph of a crowd of people watching a building fire being extinguished from the sidewalk underneath a "Cunnighham's Liquor" sign. Water from a fire hose can be seen extinguishing the burning building. An armed police officer can be seen standing next to the fire hose. This photograph was taken by Joe Clark during the 1967 riots in Detroit, Michigan.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Police Vehicle]

Description: Photograph of police vehicles stopped in the street. Armed police officers can be seen inside the vehicles. Other vehicles can be seen in the background as well as buildings along the street.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Boys on a Bike]

Description: Photograph of two boys on a red bicycle watching firefighters extinguish a fire. The edge of the fire truck can be seen on the right side of the photograph. The traffic light above them turned red. This photograph was taken by Joe Clark during the 1967 riots in Detroit, Michigan.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Fire in Detroit]

Description: Photograph of a large building fire at night. An automobile is parked in the street, the driver standing next to it watching a building fire. Another man can be seen in the background watching the fire. This photograph was taken during the 1967 riots in Detroit, Michigan.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Demery's Department Store]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of Demery's Department Store, taken from across the street. Automobiles can be seen driving past the store and waiting at the traffic light. People walk past the store on the sidewalk. Two National Guardsmen can be seen sitting in one of the store's windows.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Police Vehicle and Fire Engine]

Description: Photograph of a police vehicle and a fire engine driving down a street. The street and sidewalks are littered with debris from neighboring buildings. Police officers and firefighters are gathered around the fire engine. Store signs are present above the sidewalk. This photograph was taken during the 1967 riots in Detroit, Michigan.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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