Photograph of Bill “Hawk” Hawkins, Mary Lou Williams, and Paul Breckenridge
date: label: Date
content: November 1951
name: label: Photograph by
content: James A. Joyce, American
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Mary Lou Williams, American, 1910 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Paul Breckenridge, American
label: Subject of
content: WDOK 1260, American, 1950 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: Burkhardt Brewing Company, American, 1933 - 1956
label: Subject of
content: WEW, American, founded 1922
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio, American
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Mary Lou Williams and Paul Breckenridge inside the DJ booth in Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio. The photograph, taken from the front window of Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio, depicts Williams and Breckenridge standing on either side of Hawkins, behind a large DJ console with a microphone and a turntable. Hawkins is depicted standing slightly behind Williams, speaking into the silver tone microphone on the console. He is wearing a white collared shirt, medium-toned trousers, and is wearing a pair of headphones over his ears with cords that dangle down the front of his shirt. Williams is depicted in three quarters profile looking towards the right edge of the photograph and also speaking into the microphone. She is wearing a dark dress with a star shaped pin at the vee of the neckline. She has a fur stole with a fox face and paw draped over her shoulders. Breckenridge, standing on the right, is facing Williams. He is wearing a medium-toned, corduroy, button down shirt over a white undershirt and medium-toned trousers. Leaning on the front of the console is a black sign with white text in varying fonts that reads, [See and Hear / Bill HawKins' / Show / 5:45 - 6:45 / Radio Station / WDOK[?] 1260-] with the bottom of the sign obscured by an ice bucket. In the background on the left are two windows and a door set into a wood panel wall inside Hawkin’s recording studio. On the right, leaning against the wall on a desk covered with stacks of records, is a cardboard advertisement for Burkhardt’s Beer. The advertisement 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 [WRITE 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!]. Printed in the bottom left corner is white text that reads [IT’S EASY! / IT’S FUN! / TAKE A CARD!] with smaller text below. The photograph has a white border and a landscape orientation. The back of the photo is white and plain with a black ink photographer’s stamp at the top center. 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: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Radio
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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: 2018.91.2.31
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)