Photograph of Bill “Hawk” Hawkins, Mantan Moreland, and Paul Williams

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A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Mantan Moreland, Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, two men, and a woman inside the DJ booth in Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio. The photograph, taken from the front window of Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio, depicts the group standing in a row to the left and right of Bill Hawkins, behind a large DJ console with a microphone and a turntable. Hawkins is depicted at the center, smiling at the viewer. 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. His proper left arm hovers over the turntable. There are two men depicted to the left of Hawkins, and two men, with a woman in between, on the right.

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