Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins and Earl Bostic

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A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with Earl Bostic inside the DJ booth in Bill Hawkins’ Record Studio. Bostic is depicted on the left and Hawkins on the right. The two men are standing behind the DJ console. Bostic is wearing a button-down shirt with a pineapple pattern, medium-toned trousers, suspenders, and dark “browline” style glasses. He is smiling and looking towards in the distance towards the left edge of the photograph. Hawkins is depicted in profile, facing the left edge of the photograph. He is looking slightly downwards, with his proper left hand lightly holding his shirt collar and his proper right hand resting on the console’s turntable. He is speaking into a silver tone microphone directly in front of him.

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