Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with an unidentified man
date: label: Date
content: 1949-1958
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: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: WHK, American, founded 1922
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with an unidentified man, performing for a crowd on a city sidewalk. Hawkins is depicted standing next to a white piano and matching piano bench embellished with light colored polka dots. Hawkins stands left of center, wearing a medium-toned suit, a white collared shirt, a patterned tie, and a straw Stetson hat with leaves and vines embellishing the crown. He is leaning forward, speaking into a microphone on a stand. He has his proper right arm around the shoulders of an unidentified man wearing a white suit, a white collared shirt, and a dark tie with a white vertical band. The man is smiling and looking towards a crowd of onlookers gathered on the right half on the photograph. In the background, on the left, is a door with the number [1942] painted in larger text on the glass. At the center is a metal framed building sign that reads [1940 / FIDELITY / [BUILDI[?]NG] next to a revolving door. The photograph has a white frame and a landscape orientation. There is a loss at the top right corner. The back of this photograph is white and plain.
place: label: Place captured
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: Music
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Radio
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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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: 2018.91.2.22
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 3/16 × 10 in. (20.8 × 25.4 cm)