Photograph of Bill Hawkins in a Pullman porter uniform with four men
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Bill Hawkins in a Pullman porter uniform with four unidentified men. The group is depicted standing in front of two linked train cars. Two of the men, including Hawkins, are wearing Pullman porter uniforms with white shirts, dark-toned trousers, dark-toned bowties, and dark-toned porters’ caps with metal tags attached to the front above the bills of the caps. Hawkins stands between the two men in conductor uniforms on the left. The conductor on the right of Hawkins stands at center on a foot stool. He is depicted in three-quarters profile, looking towards the right, with his proper right hand raised in a wave. The conductors are wearing dark uniforms with matching blazers, vests, and trousers as well as white collared shirts and dark-toned conductors’ caps with metal tags attached to the front above the bills of the caps. The other Pullman porter stands to the right of the center conductors. His hands are at his sides and he is leaning slightly towards the conductor. The man on the far right wears a medium-toned overcoat, a matching banded Stetson hat, a white collared shirt, dark tie, and dark-toned trousers. He stands facing the viewer, with his hands in his coat pockets. Sitting in front of the group are two suitcases. The photograph has a white frame and a landscape orientation. The back of this photograph is white and plain.
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Pullman Porters
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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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: 2018.91.2.29
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): 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)