Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Bill Bailey
date: label: Date
content: 1950-1958
name: label: Photograph by
content: James A. Joyce, American
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Bill Bailey, American, 1912 - 1978
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio, American
label: Subject of
content: Burkhardt Brewing Company, American, 1933 - 1956
label: Subject of
content: WEW, American, founded 1922
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Bill Bailey. The photograph, taken from inside the Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio, depicts Hawkins and Bailey standing behind a large DJ console with a microphone and a turntable. Hawkins and Bailey are depicted from the waist up, facing the left edge of the photograph. Hawkins, on the far right, holds an advertisement for his WEW radio show in front of him with his proper right hand and he is gesturing towards it with his proper left hand. Bailey, center, looks over Hawkins’ proper right arm at the advertisement. Both men are smiling. Hawkins is wearing a dark collared shirt with wavy white vertical lines, a dark tie, and dark trousers. Over his ears are a pair of headphones with black wires draped down the front of his shirt. Bailey is depicted wearing a dark suit, white collared shirt, and a medium-toned tie with thin, white diagonal stripes. In front of the men is DJ equipment and a silver tone microphone. The advertisement in Hawkins’ hand depicts a graphic of a footed beer glass with a banner across the front and a small speaker over the foot. The text, printed in varying fonts and sizes over the graphics, reads [[WR?]ITE A / GOLDEN / TIME” / COMMERCIAL / YOUR HOST / Burkhardt’s / Special / BEER / WEWS / SATURDAY 11 PM]. In the top right corner of the advertisement are graphics of musical notes and white text that reads [There’s a Smile / in Every Bubble!]. White text printed in the bottom right corner reads [[---?]T’s EASY!] and [BREW[---?] [---?], AKRON, OHIO]. Behind Hawkins and Bailey is a window framed in wood paneling with white curtains on the right. On the left is a clear window and the head of a young man in profile is visible. Some posters with graphics and text are visible above him. The photograph has a white border and a landscape orientation. The back of the photograph is white and plain with a stamp slightly above and to the left of center and handwritten black and red ink inscriptions at the center and in the top right corner. The black ink stamp reads [JAMES A. JOYCE / PHOTOGRAPHER / TY 1-0748 CLEVELAND, OHIO].
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: Photography
label: Topic
content: Radio
label: Topic
content: Tap dancing
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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: 2018.91.2.10
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): 5 1/16 × 7 in. (12.9 × 17.8 cm)