Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Hawkins, Bill, American, 1909 - 1975
WHK, American, founded 1922
Date
1949-1958
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 × 9 5/8 in. (27.6 × 24.4 cm)
Description
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 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
2018.91.2.37
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown – Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58848b590-4380-44b9-b41d-1711ca9af07f

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