Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins on a stage with a girl
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: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins on a stage with an unidentified girl. Hawkins is fully depicted in three-quarters profile. He is looking at the girl standing next to him on stage and smiling as he hands her two white items. He is wearing a dark pinstripe suit, white collar shirt, dark patterned tie and a white pocket square in his left breast pocket. There is a microphone stand directly in front of him. The girl is standing on the right side of the image. She is depicted in profile, facing Hawkins with a serious expression on her face. Her arms are slightly outstretched to receive the items from Hawkins. She is wearing a plaid, knee-length dress with a large ruffle at the hemline and a plaid and light-toned bodice with puff sleeve tops. She is also wearing white ankle socks and dark Mary Jane shoes. Her hair is pulled back into pig tails secured with white, ribbon bows. The pair are standing in front of a two-tone wall decorated with painted thin banners. Standing on the far left of the stage is an unidentified man standing in the background. He is wearing medium-toned suit trousers with a dark jacket, dark patterned tie, white collared shirt, and a checkered pocket square. He is looking directly towards Hawkins and the girl and is gripping a lever with his proper left hand. The photograph has a white border, surface losses at all four corners, and a portrait orientation. The back of the photograph is white and plain.
place: label: Place captured
content: Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
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: 2018.91.2.19
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): 10 × 8 3/16 in. (25.4 × 20.8 cm)