Photograph of DJ Hawk, Roy Hamilton, LaVern Baker, and Rusty Bryant
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1954
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: LaVern Baker, American, 1929 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: Roy Hamilton, American, 1929 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Rusty Bryant, American, 1929 - 1991
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Roy Hamilton, LaVern Baker, and Rusty Bryant. The photograph, taken inside Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio, depicts, from left to right, Bill Hawkins, Roy Hamilton, LaVern Baker, and Rusty Bryant. Hawkins is wearing a medium-toned suit, white collared shirt, a dark tie with a diamond pattern, and a white pocket square. Hawkins holds a cigarette in his proper right hand, which is resting at his side. Hawkin’s proper left arm and Hamilton’s proper right arm are linked. Hamilton is wearing a medium-toned suit, white collared shirt, a dark tie with a candle graphic printed at the center, and a white pocket square. He is holding a small book in his proper left right hand. Baker is wearing a matching light-toned skirt suit with black fur cuffs and holds a black handbag wither proper left hand. Bryant on the far right is wearing a white suit, white collared shirt, and a white tie with an onion pattern. The group is posing in front of a two-tone wall that is white on top and dark on the bottom. The photograph has a white border along the right and bottom edges and a landscape orientation. The back of the photograph is white and plain with pencil inscriptions written in the left quadrant.
place: label: Place captured
content: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Radio
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Soul (Music)
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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: 2018.91.2.12
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 × 9 13/16 in. (20.3 × 24.9 cm)