Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins standing at 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 standing at a microphone. Hawkins is depicted from the thighs up, turned slightly away from the viewer, towards the left edge of the photograph. He is wearing a medium-toned suit, white collared shirt, and a dark patterned tie. He is smiling and looking down at a piece of paper in his proper right hand. His proper left arm is at his side, with his elbow bent, and his forearm and hand extended at a right angle at check height. In front of him is a silver tone microphone stand with a microphone flag at the top, that reads [WSRS]. The white acoustic wall panel behind Hawkins has five bands of small perforations along the top half and there is a small vent behind him. The photograph has a white border and a portrait orientation. The back of the photograph is white and plain. There is a vertically oriented, black ink stamp in the top left corner that reads [227H].
place: label: Place captured
content: Cleveland, Cuyahoga 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
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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: 2018.91.2.8
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 1/16 × 4 in. (12.9 × 10.2 cm)