Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins at a record console
date: label: Date
content: 1948-1958
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins. Hawkins is depicted standing behind a console with a turntable resting on the surface. He is looking down at a long-playing record he is holding with both hands. He is wearing high waisted, medium-toned trousers, a white collared shirt, and a polka dot bow tie. Hawkins has a small mustache and his hair is smoothed back. The acoustic wall panel behind Hawkins is white and has small perforations. The photograph has a thin white border and a portrait orientation. The back of the photograph is plain white with handwritten black text in the top right corner that reads [Photo BY FORREST Dito[s?]].
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
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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: 2018.91.2.1
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): 7 × 5 1/8 in. (17.8 × 13 cm)