Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with two unidentified women
1949-1958
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with two unidentified women. Hawkins is depicted on the left, smiling and looking towards the woman on the far right. There is a microphone on a stand in front of him. At the top of the microphone is a rounded microphone flag with the radio station call sign, [WHK], visible. He is wearing a medium-toned suit, a white collared shirt, and a dark tie with white polka dots. He holds a small, rectangular piece of white paper in proper right hand, which is extended towards the women. The woman on the far right is wearing a light-toned, double breasted skirt suit, a white blouse, a dark bow tie around the collar, and a black half hat. She has a black handbag draped over her proper left wrist and she holds a piece of white paper in both hands.
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Catalog reference: 2018.91.2.6
