Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with an unidentified man
- Photograph by
- Schaeffer Photo, American
- Subject of
- Hawkins, Bill, American, 1909 - 1975
- Unidentified Man or Men
- WDOK 1260, American, 1950 - 2015
- Date
- 1950-1958
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.5 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with an unidentified man. Hawkins and the man are depicted in profile facing each other, standing in front of a DJ stand. Hawkin’s stands on the left and the other man stands on the right. The man on the right is handing a long-playing record in his proper left hand to Hawkins and is pointing towards the record’s [JAY-DEE] label with his proper right hand. Hawkins is looking down at the record and reaching for it with his proper left hand. Hawkins is wearing a medium-toned suit, a white collared shirt, and a dark patterned tie. The man on the right is wearing a dark-toned suit, a white collared shirt, and a white pocket square. Behind the two men is a DJ console with various dials, a portable amplifier, and a silver tone microphone. Stenciled on the front of the console is black text that reads [WDOK]. In the background is a light-colored curtain. The photograph has a white frame and a portrait orientation. The back of this photograph is white and plain. A black photographer’s stamp at the center reads [SCHAEFFER PHOTO /10628 FRANK AVE. · S.W. 1-0046].
- Place captured
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Music
- Photography
- Radio
- Credit Line
- 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
- Object number
- 2018.91.2.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown – Restrictions Possible
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