Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins posing with a high school fan club

Object Details

Photograph by

Mitchell Studios, Inc., American

Subject of

Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975

Unidentified Child or Children

Central High School, American, 1846 - 1982

Description

A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins posing with a high school fan club. The photograph depicts Hawkins standing next to four rows of nineteen teenage boys and girls inside a school gymnasium. Hawkins stand in the front on the far left of the group with his body turned towards the right edge of the photograph. His head is turned towards the viewer and he is smiling. AT the front of the group is a teenage boy seated on a soda case filled with three empty bottles. He is wearing a army jacket, black flat cap, medium-toned scarf, and jeans. His elbows are resting on his knees and he cradles his chin with his proper left thumb and pointer finger. The other teenagers are standing in three rows, in front of, and on the gymnasium bleachers. Two boys sit by themselves in the top bleacher on the right. In the background are two large windows covered with metal mesh. The photograph has a white border and a portrait orientation. The back of the photograph is white and plain with a photographer’s stamp and a pencil inscription. The black ink stamp at the center reads [MITCHELL STUDIOS,INC. / 9101 CEDAR AVENUE / RANDOLPH 7611 / CLEVELAND 6, OHIO]. The pencil inscription in the top left quadrant reads [Fan Club / Central High School].

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

1948-1958

Object number

2018.91.2.14

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown – Restrictions Possible

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Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)

Place captured

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

Place printed

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Education

Music

Photography

Radio

Record ID

nmaahc_2018.91.2.14

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5801bff14-814b-4c98-a6f3-fc8279bbec28