Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with a WHK microphone
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: WHK, American, founded 1922
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins. Hawkins is depicted from the waist up, holding a small, rectangular piece of white paper in proper right hand at chest level, and gesturing with his proper left hand. He is wearing a medium-toned, double breasted suit, a white collared shirt, a dark tie, and he has a white pocket square in his left breast pocket. There is a microphone stand in front of him. At the top of the microphone is a rounded microphone flag with the radio station call sign, [WHK], visible. In the background is a two-tone wall with a woven wallpaper pattern on the top half and a dark painted bottom half. A square of fabric hangs over his proper right shoulder. The photograph has a portrait orientation. The back of the photograph is white and plain.
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: 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: 2018.91.2.37
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 7/8 × 9 5/8 in. (27.6 × 24.4 cm)