Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins and his fan club in a jam session

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A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with members of his fan club. Hawkins is depicted standing just right of center with a large group of teenage fans, arranged in roughly a semicircle, during a jam session inside a school gymnasium. A silver tone microphone stand is in front of Hawkins. He is depicted in full length, wearing a medium-toned, double-breasted suit, white collared shirt, and a polka dot bowtie. He is smiling and looking towards a boy in a plaid coat and jeans playing a tambourine, depicted in profile on the far left. Standing to the left of Hawkins, at the center of the crowd, is a teenage boy and girl holding drumsticks and soft mallets over a large drum. To the left of the drummers, is a boy playing an acoustic guitar.

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