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[Boys crossing creek]

Description: Photograph of Douglas Clark and another young boy crossing a makeshift bridge over a creek. The bridge is made of planks of plywood attached to fallen logs. Narrative by Junebug Clark: One image of a series. For more imformation and photos see "Joe Clark HBSS Scrapbook pdf" page 44. Collecting Foot Bridges, The Detroit News Pictorial, June 10, 1945.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Hook in the Water]

Description: Photograph of a boy named Gene fishing in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee in the 1950's. He stands on a plank over the water, and he uses a sapling as a fishing pole.Narrative by Junebug Clark: This photo is most often associated with may father's poem: If You Want To Catch Fish Get your hook in the water If you want to catch fish You must find a deep stream It’s useless to wish. Climb a high mountain If you want to see far There’s little sense moaning About what you are. Learn to see the sunshin… more
Date: 195X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mule powered press]

Description: Photograph of two boys using a mule powered press to extract the sweet juice from the sorghum cane. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Scraping out sorghum]

Description: Photograph of a young boy seated atop a pile of sorghum stalks. He holds piece of one of the stalks as he scrapes out some of the insides using a knife. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Toddler sitting on a porch]

Description: Photograph of a toddler sitting on his side on a wooden porch. He is looking directly at the camera, and has his right leg lifted in the air while he leans on his left hand. The toddler is wearing denim overalls and a white short-sleeve collared shirt.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Kissing game]

Description: Photograph of a young boy kissing a young women. There is a line of boys and a line of girls on the left of the photograph. This is part of a game during a sorghum molasses stir-off. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Extracting juice]

Description: Photograph of two young boys using a mule powered press to extract the sweet juices from the sorghum cane. The envelope containing the negative is annotated "stir-off".
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Skimming off impurities]

Description: Photograph of a crowd of children gathered around a large metal vat used to boil down sweet sorghum juice into sorghum molasses. The children use shortened pieces of sorghum cane to dip and taste. Two adults use homemade ladles to stir and skim impurities out of the cooking sorghum.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Walking up the path]

Description: Photograph of a young woman and a small girl holding hands as they walk up a path on a hill. The background of the photograph is a vast view of the hilly countryside with farms, homes, and forests visible.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Jumping over grapevine]

Description: Photograph of a boy leaping over a grapevine being held between two girls. There is another boy in the background ready to take his turn leaping over the outstretched vine.
Date: 1940
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Farm in the hills]

Description: Photograph of a boy standing in a cornfield. The field wraps around a large wooded area centered in the hills. There are farm buildings visible in the background as well as a mountain range.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[To the back of the line]

Description: Photograph of a male student being instructed to go to the back of the line at a spelling bee. There is a line of students standing along a wall with a blackboard as two teachers stand and sit in front of them.
Date: 1940
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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