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[Faces of Christmas]

Description: 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
Date: December 2, 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Children in the Detroit Institute of Arts]

Description: 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
Date: October 1955
Creator: Clark, Bernice & Clark, Joe

[Aerial Photo of Detroit Skyline]

Description: 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
Date: 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Detroit Neighborhood 1959]

Description: 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
Date: 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Detroit Skyline in Winter 1959]

Description: 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
Date: August 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Vehicles Stuck in Flood Water]

Description: Photograph of three commercial vehicles stuck in the flood waters from Detroit's worst flood in 1957. In the image the bus driver is sticking his body out the driver window, another man sits on top his truck's cabin, while the other crouches on top the container of his truck. More vehicles can be seen being held back by a police car from the rising waters.
Date: July 22, 1957
Creator: Clark, Joe

[World's Youngest Press Photographer]

Description: 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
Date: May 10, 1955
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Spirit of Detroit Statue]

Description: 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.
Date: [1955..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Detroit's Cobo Hall Parking Ramp and more]

Description: Photograph of a line of cars traveling on the Cobo Hall Parking Ramp in Detroit. Two ships can be seen on the Detroit River with Canada in the background. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Additional photos and information can be found in the pdf document "Joe Clark HBSS LIFE Magazine Photos" page 311. Also in the October 17, 1960. Life Magazine pages 28-29. 1961 Cars - Cobo Hall Ramp. This photo by Joe appears in a two page Life magazine spread. It coincided the with 1.) Opening of Cobo Hall and 2.)… more
Date: August 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Automobile Worker]

Description: 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.
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Victorian Building in Detroit]

Description: Photograph of a Victorian-style building in Detroit, Michigan. The building is three stories, and two individuals can be seen standing by stop lights in the lower left. This photograph was taken for Life Magazine, and is one in a series of "interesting architecture" images.
Date: April 17, 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Building in Detroit, Michigan]

Description: Photograph of a building in Detroit, Michigan. The building is a single-story home with two garages and a car parked in front. This picture is part of Joe Clark's "Detroit" series, and it was taken for Life magazine. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 7748-0017-28
Date: April 17, 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Vehicles Stuck in Flood Water]

Description: Photograph of three commercial vehicles stuck in the flood waters from Detroit's worst flood in 1957. In the image the bus driver is sticking his body out the driver window, another man sits on top his truck's cabin, while the other crouches on top the container of his truck. More vehicles can be seen being held back by a police car from the rising waters.
Date: July 22, 1957
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Interesting Architecture in Detroit]

Description: Photograph that was in Life Magazine highlighting the interesting architecture of a house in Detroit, Michigan. In the image the house fills the frame with a little lawn seen in the front and a tall tree in the back. The image has been stretched vertically making the building abnormally tall and distorted. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photo was made with an anamorphic movie lens adapted to Joe's Nikon camera. It could be rotated to make images that appear Tall and lean or low and wide. Photo by:… more
Date: April 17, 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe

[New Car]

Description: Photograph of a crowd of people around what appears to be a new model of car. The photograph was taken from above, and is part of the "Detroit series."
Date: August 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe

[New Car]

Description: Photograph of a crowd of people around what appears to be a new model of car. The photograph was taken from above, and it is part of the "Detroit Series."
Date: August 1959
Creator: Clark, Joe

[Children Playing Baseball]

Description: 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. Cla… more
Date: May 1955
Creator: Clark, Joe
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