Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Herbert “Hot Sauce” Williams
date: label: Date
content: April 1949
name: label: Photograph by
content: Clement Perry, American
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Herbert Williams, American, died 2019
label: Subject of
content: WSRS, American, founded 1947
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Herbert “Hot Sauce” Williams. Williams are Hawkins depicted in profile, facing each other and smiling, with Williams standing on the left and Hawkins on the right. Williams’ proper left hand rests on Hawkins’ proper right shoulder and the two men are both holding opposite sides of a long-playing record between them with their other hands. Behind the record, also between the men, is a silver tone microphone. At the top of the microphone is a rounded microphone flag with the radio station call sign, [WSRS], visible. Hawkins is wearing a medium-toned suit, white collared shirt, a dark patterned bow tie, and has a white pocket square in his left breast pocket. Williams is wearing a tall, white, paper chef hat, medium-toned trousers, and a white short sleeve, button down shirt. The men are standing in front of a DJ console with two turntables. The acoustic wall panel behind Hawkins and Williams is white and has four bands of small perforations along the top half. The photograph has a white frame and a portrait orientation. There is a yellow tape mark at the center of the top edge. The back of this photograph is white and plain with a photographer’s stamp and inscriptions. The black ink stamp at the center reads [“Another Photo” / BY CLEMENT PERRY / GLENVILLE 8927]. There are two inscriptions in the top left corner, one written in black ink that reads [April 1949], and the other in blue ink, that reads [“Hot Sauce” Williams] and a red [+] in the bottom left corner. There is also a tide mark in the top right corner.
place: label: Place captured
content: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
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: 2018.91.2.27
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): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)