Photograph of Bill “Hawk” Hawkins, Mary Lou Williams, and Paul Breckenridge
date: label: Date
content: 1948-1958
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: 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 Mary Lou Williams and Paul Breckenridge inside the DJ booth in Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio. Breckenridge is depicted on the far left, Williams at center, and Hawkins on the far right. Breckenridge is smiling, facing the viewer, and looking down at an advertisement for Burkhardt’s Beer that he holds in his hands. 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 small white text, [IT’S EASY! / IT’S FUN! / TAKE A CARD!], above a small, encircled, five-pointed star logo and additional small white text that reads [THE BURKHARDT BREWING CO. AKRON, OHIO]. Breckenridge is wearing a medium-toned, corduroy, button down shirt over a white undershirt and medium-toned trousers. He has a thick mustache and his head is slightly tilted towards Williams. Williams is depicted in profile facing Breckenridge. She is holding a promotional bottle of Burkhart Beer attached to a small cardboard cutout of a bulldog in her proper right hand and is smiling and looking towards the advertisement in Breckenridge’s hands. 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 a paw draped over her proper right shoulder. Hawkins is also depicted in profile facing Breckenridge. 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. He is holding another promotional bottle of Burkhart Beer attached to a cardboard cutout in his proper right hand. In the background are two windows set into the wood panel walls inside Hawkin’s recording studio. In the bottom right corner is a photographer’s mark with black text that reads [James A. Joyce / PHOTOGRAPHER / CLEVELAND, OHIO]. The photograph has a white border and a landscape orientation. The back of the photo is white and plain with a photographer’s stamp at the center and two inscriptions. The black ink stamp reads [JAMES A. JOYCE / PHOTOGRAPHER / TY 1-0748 CLEVELAND, OHIO] and the red pencil inscriptions in the top right quadrant read [Paul Breckenridge / Mary Lou Williams].
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: 2018.91.2.33
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 × 7 1/8 in. (12.7 × 18.1 cm)