Photograph of Bill “Hawk” Hawkins, Mantan Moreland, and Paul Williams
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1954
name: label: Photograph by
content: James A. Joyce, American
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Mantan Moreland, American, 1902 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Paul Williams, American, 1915 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: George Williams
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio, American
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Paul Williams, Mantan Moreland, an unidentified man, and an unidentified woman. The photograph, taken from the inside the DJ booth in Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio, depicts the group clustered together at one end of the booth. They are standing behind the DJ console’s microphone and turntable. Hawkins is depicted at the center, smiling, and looking slightly downwards. He is wearing a white collared shirt, dark trousers, a medium-toned belt, and a pair of headphones over his ears with black wires draped down the front of his shirt. The man on the far left, Paul Williams, is wearing a dark suit, white collared shirt, and a tie with checker and floral patterns. His face is partially obscured by the microphone on the DJ console. The woman second from the left is wearing an off-the-shoulders, dark sequined dress with a sweetheart bodice. She is resting her hands on William’s proper left shoulder and chest. The man on the far right, comedian Mantan Moreland, is wearing a medium-toned suit, dark collared shirt, patterned tie, a white pocket square in his proper left breast pocket. He is standing in front of an unidentified man, second from the right. He is wearing a houndstooth patterned collared shirt, and a thin houndstooth patterned jacket. In the background is the corner of two wood paneled walls with two windows with white shades. There is yellowed tape residue at all four corners and along the right edge. The photograph has a white border and a landscape orientation. The back of the photograph is white with a stamp along the top left edge and several handwritten black ink inscriptions. The black ink stamp reads [[JAMES A. JOYCE / PHOTOGRAPHER / TY 1-0748 CLEVELAND, OHIO].
place: label: Place captured
content: Cleveland, Cayuhoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
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: 2018.91.2.4
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 1/4 × 7 1/16 in. (13.3 × 17.9 cm)