Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with two unidentified men

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A black-and-white photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with two unidentified men. Hawkins and one of the unidentified men are seated at a wooden desk. The third man stands behind them, in between the seated men. There is a microphone on the desk in front of Hawkins and he is resting his proper left hand on the base of the stand. At the top of the microphone is a rounded microphone flag with the radio station call sign, [WHK], visible and the letters [MBS] on the bottom. He is wearing a medium-toned suit, a white collared shirt, a dark tie with a paisley pattern, and a white pocket square. The other seated man is wearing a dark suit jacket, a white collared shirt, a check patterned tie, and a white pocket square. He is looking down and writing on a small pad of paper in front of him.

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