Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins posing with a group of people
date: label: Date
content: 1948-1958
name: label: Photograph by
content: Robert Sneed, American
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with an unidentified man and a group of six unidentified women in matching costumes. The group is standing on a slightly elevated stage in two rows. Hawkins, the man and one woman stand in the front row. Behind them stand the remaining five unidentified women. The women are all wearing capri length, medium-toned pants, white sleeveless collared shirts, a light-toned sash at their waists, white ballet flats, and straw wide rimmed hats with ribbon chin ties. The women in the top row are wearing the hats on their head and the woman in the front row wears her hat on her back. To the right of the woman in the front row is Hawkins, depicted smiling and holding a cigarette in his proper left hand. He is wearing a medium-toned suit, white collared shirt, a dark patterned tie, and has a white pocket square in his left breast pocket. The other man, to the woman’s left, is wearing a dark shiny suit, a white collared shirt, and a dark patterned tie. The five women in the top row are arranged with the two women at each end turned slightly towards the center. The woman at the center of the top row is leaning forward between Hawkins and the woman in the front row. In the background is a painted mural of a reclining woman, a chair, hanging party streamers, and an upright piano. Printed in black in the bottom right corner is the photographer’s mark that reads [Robt. Sneed / PHOTOGRAPHER / CLEVELAND, OHIO]. The photograph has a white frame and a landscape orientation. The back of this photograph is white and plain with a pencil inscription in the top right corner that read [16[underlined]].
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: Music
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Radio
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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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: 2018.91.2.28
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 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)