Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with a WSRS microphone
date: label: Date
content: 1948-1958
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: WSRS, American, founded 1947
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins. Hawkins is depicted holding a microphone mounted on a stand. He is facing the viewer and smiling. He is holding the microphone stand with his proper right hand and leaning towards the microphone, which is slightly tilted. His proper left hand is raised to shoulder height and his thumb, index finger, and middle finger are slightly extended. He is wearing a medium-toned suit, white collared shirt, a polka dot bow tie, and has a white pocket square in his left breast pocket. At the top of the microphone is a rounded microphone flag with the radio station call sign, [WSRS], visible. The acoustic wall panel behind Hawkins is white and has three bands of small perforations along the top half. The photograph has a white border and a portrait orientation. The back of the photograph is white and plain with a small, red ink [+] printed in the bottom right corner.
place: label: Place captured
content: Cleveland, Cayuhoga 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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2018.91.2.2
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 × 4 1/16 in. (12.7 × 10.3 cm)