Earl William Clark, Jr. was born in Covington and spent his formative years, along the Madison Ave. and Holman streetcar lines. With no family automobile, he came to know streetcars intimately.
The son of a pharmacist and grandson of Covington's first motorcycle patrolman, Clark is grandnephew of Eleanor Childs Meehan, author of Old Covington. After Holmes High School, Clark attended Villa Madonna College (now Thomas More) and the University of Cincinnati.
Another dimension emerged when Clark played nationwide in the big bands of the 1940s and 1950s. During World War II he belonged to the Naval Reserve; later he joined the Internal Revenue Service as a manager.
He recalls many adventures in his travels when his camera was the subject of suspicion. That began in 1942 when he was detained as a suspected spy in Newport because he photographed a streetcar. Later he traveled behind the Iron Curtain and was held briefly as U.S. spy. He wasn't one, really.
Since retirement, he lectures on world travel, local history and transport. He was instrumental in the preservation of the parlor car Kentucky. He has written many articles on electric railways, including one on the Green Line for Northern Kentucky Heritage magazine.
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