Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Herbert “Hot Sauce” Williams
date: label: Date
content: April 1949
name: label: Photograph by
content: Clement Perry, American
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Herbert Williams, American, died 2019
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Herbert “Hot Sauce” Williams. Williams are Hawkins depicted in profile, seated behind a DJ console, facing each other. Williams is seated on the left with his proper left elbow is resting on console and his other arm rests in his lap. He is wearing a tall, white, paper chef hat, medium-toned trousers, and a white short sleeve, collared shirt. Hawkins, seated on the right, is reading from a piece of paper he holds in his proper left hand and gesturing with his proper right hand. Hawkins is wearing a medium-toned suit, white collared shirt, a dark patterned bow tie, and has a white pocket square in his left breast pocket. Behind the two men is a DJ console with various dials, nobs, button, and a white gauge. Sitting on the console in front of Hawkins is a silver tone microphone with a rounded microphone flag with the radio station call sign, [WSRS], visible. On top of the console is a triangular shaped rack holding five long-playing records. In the background is a glass window next to an acoustic wall panel with small perforations along the top half. The photograph has a white frame and a landscape orientation. The back of this photograph is white and plain with a photographer’s stamp and inscriptions. The black ink stamp at the center reads [“Another Photo” / BY CLEMENT PERRY / GLENVILLE 8927]. The inscription in the top left corner written in black ink reads [April 1949]. There is also a red pencil inscription at the top center that reads [Hot Sauce Williams]. Along the left edge is a pencil inscription [6[encircled]], and the text, [ow], written vertically in pencil near the center right edge.
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: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Foodways
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: 2018.91.2.30
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 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)