Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Bill Bailey

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A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Bill Bailey. The photograph, taken from inside the Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio, depicts Hawkins and Bailey standing behind a large DJ console with a microphone and a turntable. Hawkins and Bailey are depicted from the waist up, facing the left edge of the photograph. Hawkins, on the far right, holds an advertisement for his WEW radio show in front of him with his proper right hand and he is gesturing towards it with his proper left hand. Bailey, center, looks over Hawkins’ proper right arm at the advertisement. Both men are smiling. Hawkins is wearing a dark collared shirt with wavy white vertical lines, a dark tie, and dark trousers. Over his ears are a pair of headphones with black wires draped down the front of his shirt.

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