Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins standing at a WJW microphone
date: label: Date
content: 1948-1958
name: label: Subject of
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: WJW, American, founded 1926
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins standing at a microphone. Hawkins is depicted in full length, facing the viewer. He is wearing a medium-toned suit, white collared shirt, a medium-toned tie with a square pattern, and a white pocket square. He is smiling and looking into the distance. His proper left arm is resting at his side and his proper right arm is extended in front of him to shoulder level, with his elbow slightly bent, and his hand-held palm upwards in a loose fist. In front of him is a silver tone microphone stand with a microphone flag at the top, that reads [WJW]. The white acoustic wall panel behind Hawkins has two rectangular panels of perforations. There is a row of four folding chairs set up against the wall behind him. The photograph has a white border that is slightly thicker on the right and a portrait orientation. The back of the photograph is white and plain.
place: label: Place captured
content: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Radio
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of W. Allen Taylor, son of "Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins," The First Black Disc Jockey of Cleveland, Ohio
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.91.2.9
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 7 1/16 × 4 7/8 in. (17.9 × 12.4 cm)