Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with two unidentified women
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: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: WHK, American, founded 1922
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with two unidentified women. Hawkins is depicted on the left, smiling and looking towards the woman on the far right. There is a microphone on a stand in front of him. At the top of the microphone is a rounded microphone flag with the radio station call sign, [WHK], visible. He is wearing a medium-toned suit, a white collared shirt, and a dark tie with white polka dots. He holds a small, rectangular piece of white paper in proper right hand, which is extended towards the women. The woman on the far right is wearing a light-toned, double breasted skirt suit, a white blouse, a dark bow tie around the collar, and a black half hat. She has a black handbag draped over her proper left wrist and she holds a piece of white paper in both hands. The woman at the center is wearing a medium-toned skirt suit over a light-toned blouse, with a white hat with flowers at the front of the crown. In the background are black folding chairs, a doorway, and a white wall. The photograph has a white border and a landscape 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
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: 2018.91.2.6
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 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)