Photograph of Earl Bostic signing autographs inside Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1952
name: label: Photograph by
content: James A. Joyce, American
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Earl Bostic, American, 1913 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio, American
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Earl Bostic signing autographs for a large group of people inside Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio. Bostic and the others are crowded around a long, curving countertop and a record carousel. The group includes men, women, a group of young girls. The people at the front of the crowd are leaning on the countertop. At the center is Bostic, standing behind a stack of long-playing (LP) records in sleeves. Bostic is wearing a button-down shirt with a pineapple pattern and suspenders. He is smiling and looking down at a record in his proper right hand. He is also holding a pen in the same hand. A round record carousel sitting on a round wooden table dominates the foreground of the photograph. It has white LP sleeves fanned out in a circle around the center column with vinyl records filling each sleeve. The column is white and has a square shaped handle at the top. The group of girls standing behind the carousel are all depicted wearing white tops. In the background, next to a window on the left, is a poster depicting Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins talking into a microphone. On the right in the background is a wooden display case pushed against a wall with two signs resting on the top. The sign on the left is round and white with black text on the front advertising [89c] records. The white, rectangular sign on the right has black text advertising [THE FIVE KEYS] and [EDDIE / CHAMLEE] event. In the far right background is a photographic portrait of Cab Calloway. The photograph has a white border and a landscape orientation. The back of the photograph is white and plain with a stamp at the center in a vertically oriented position. 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: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
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: 2018.91.2.11
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)