Grand Emporium Collection

Jazz vocalist and flute player Andrienne Wilson closes her eyes and smiles with closed lips as she looks into light. She holds a microphone. She wears a t-shirt decorated with jazz items; a guitar, a...

The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus is a small circus show comprising four white men, three in clown makeup, and three white women, one in clown makeup, all dressed in costumes to indicate their individual...

Carol Duboc, singer and pianist, looks seriously at the camera and folds her hands as wind blows her hair back. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Duboc."

George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, wears Grand Emporium apparel as a toga he puts his arm around an unidentified white woman in a teal dress during toga night aboard the Ultimate Rhythm...

George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, wears Grand Emporium apparel as a toga and he puts his arm around an unidentified white woman in a teal dress during toga night aboard the Ultimate...

George Myers, part bar owner, is flanked by two unidentified, smiling, white women whom he puts his arms around and looks slyly up at the camera with a smile at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City...

George Myers, part bar owner, is flanked by two unidentified white women at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri for the Tiny Tim show.

GitGone, a rockabilly band comprised of one white woman and two white men, stand together holding their instruments. Printed in the margin above the photograph, "The Music Room 7301 Burnet #102-525...

Heather Myles, country singer and guitarist, leans on a porch post with her right arm and her right hand above her head resting on the post and hooks the thumb of her left hand in her belt as she...

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, two members of the blues band, one African American man and the other a white man, perform on stage of the cruise ship during toga night aboard the Ultimate Rhythm and...

Blues singer Little Mary sings into a microphone with her eyes closed in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Handwritten in the margin below the photograph, "[at]Little Mary Productions - 2000...

The Manhattan Transfer, a vocal jazz group comprised of two white women and two white men, who sit on a bench and smile up at the camera. Photograph is printed on top of a contemporary art swirl.

Marcia Ball, blues singer and pianist, smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph.

Rock vocalist and guitarist Mieka Pauley sits in front of a wall with peeling paint and rests her right elbow over the back corner of a chair she is sitting in as she looks directly at the camera in a...

A promotional card for the album, "El Mirage" by Drew Weaver and the Alvarados, a rock and roll band comprised of four white men. The photograph has a white man wearing a suit and sunglasses running...

An unidentified white man, possibly Pierre D'entremont, stands on the beach among palm trees, arm-in-arm with an unidentified white woman during the Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise I or II. Others...

Pierre D'entremont (left), Speedy Huggins (center), and Rene Funderburgh (right) pose together for a photograph. Speedy Huggins wears a flat cap and a business suit. Time stamped on the bottom right...

Blues vocalist Renee Austin looks over her left shoulder. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "BlueSky Artists [logo], Management 612-332-3904. Renée Austin. www.reneeaustin.com. Booking 651...

Roger Naber and George Myers, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium, sit on either side of an unidentified white woman, possibly Rene Funderburgh, as the unidentified white male maître d leans...

An unidentified white woman holds a "Promotion of the Year" award for Roger Naber and George Myers work organizing the 1994 Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise. Roger Naber and George Myers, partners in...

An unidentified white woman holds a "Promotion of the ear" award for Roger Naber and George Myers work organizing the 1994 Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise. Roger Naber and George Myers, partners in...

Rock vocalist and guitarist Sally Taylor, photographed from her left side, leans back on a rock ledge and smile with golden sunlight on her. She crosses her hands and rests them on her knees. Printed...

Vocalist Steph Hewett smiles and holds her arms up as she wears a white cowboy hat and a red shirt. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Steph Hewett, stephhewett[at]hotmail.com. Contact Steph...

Sugar Creek, an Independence, Missouri band comprised of one white woman and three white men, in a collection of four portrait photographs of each band member. The top left hand photograph is Yancy...

Swamp Mama Johnson, a blues-rock band comprised of five white women, laugh in a close-up, head-shot photograph in front of a printed floral cloth backdrop. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...