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[Country Funeral up on the Hill]

Description: Photograph of neighbors gathering at a Country Funeral on the Hills of Tennessee. Joe Clark, HBSS, wanted to capture his memories of living in the Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. One of the memories were of his time in Tennessee are these funerals that everyone attended and to support the family. The word "Cemetary" [sic] is written on the envelope containing the negative.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral]

Description: Photograph of a funeral ceremony in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Pallbearers can be seen carrying a coffin in the right of the image, while a crowd of others watch on the left. Several small buildings can be seen 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 10. June 10, 1940 Life Magazine. Pages 104-106, 109. Life Goes to a Mountain Funeral. Mrs. Elizabeth O’Dell is buried deep in the h… more
Date: 1940
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral: Viewing]

Description: Photograph of mourners viewing the body. In the image, woman are crying as the look inside the open casket, one woman is weeping holding a baby. Behind them are more people crying with large windows showing large tree covered hills outside.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral: The Viewing]

Description: Photography of a mountain funeral. In the image, a large group of people stand side by side inside a small room for a funeral viewing. Everyone is dressed in church attire and are looking at something to the right of the camera.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral: Preachers (copy)]

Description: Photograph of Ewing Spradling and Sila Howerton, two preachers who conducted the mountain funeral at Howard Quarter. In the image, Spradling holds the bible facing the camera and Howerton holds his hands at his sides. Both are dressed in sports coats and hats.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral: Reverend Gives Sermon]

Description: Photograph of the reverend giving his sermon during a funeral. In the image the reverend is speaking to the group of funeral mourners with his arm raised standing on stage behind the flower covered casket. Two men sit to the right of the reverend on stage.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral: Moving the Casket]

Description: Photograph of the casket being carried to its final burial place. In the image the group of mourners stand to the side as the pallbearers carry the casket to where the reverends are standing. Small wooden houses and tress can be seen going up the large hill.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral: Gathering]

Description: Photograph of funeral mourners sitting together. In the image the group of women are sitting in a circle insider a room with a fireplace and decorated with calendars and other miscellaneous items.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral: Checking the Casket]

Description: Photograph of a man checking the casket after it's been lowered into the ground. In the image, a man is standing on the casket inside the hole while two stand ready to help him out. The mourners are surrounding the casket either watching the man inside the hole or looking at the camera.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral: Mourners]

Description: Photograph of mourners crying in front of the deceased. In the image, the casket has been open to allow mourners to say their last goodbyes. More mourners can be seen sitting in the background.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral: Filling Burial Hole]

Description: Photograph of men filling in the whole with dirt. In the image, two men are using a large tree pole to push the dirt down the mound and into the hole where the casket lays. Mourners stand to the side and the Appalachian hills can be seen in the background.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral: Pallbearers]

Description: Photograph of pallbearers carrying a casket out of a doorway. In the image, six men are carrying the casket at the waist side as they leave through a small doorway of a wooden building while two more men can be seen standing to the left of the frame watching them.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral: Procession of Vehicles]

Description: Photograph of a procession of cars heading to a burial. In the image the four cars and a large truck loaded with people are headed to a burial. At the end of the road behind them are three wooden houses and the road is lined with wooden fences.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Funeral: Filling the Whole]

Description: Photograph of the the casket's being filled. In the image the men are filling the casket with dirt and using boards and tree branches for support while mourners look on. Large tree covered hills can be seen in the far background.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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