Grand Emporium Collection

Houserocker' Johnson and the Shadows in a bar. Guitarist Houserocker sits on a piano with his feet on the keys holding an electric blues guitar across his lap. He is smiling as he wears a light...

"Big James" Montgomery, Chicago blues style trombonist, smiles as he holds a trombone across his body with both hands with a cloth over the bell that has "Big James" embroidered on the towel. Printed...

Blues harmonica player "Wild Child" Butler holds a harmonica to his mouth with both hands and looks slightly to the right. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Wild Child" Butler. Photo by...

Blues harmonica player "Wild Child" Butler closes his eyes, grips his left hand in a fist, and opens his mouth to sing into a microphone. He has a cap on his front tooth that has a star cutout in the...

Blues saxophonist A.C. Reed smiles at the camera as he sits at a high-top table with am elaborately engraved saxophone lying on its side on the table. He wears a cap with four pins of three stars and...

Blues pianist A.J. Croce, in a close-up photograph from his right side, he looks down to his right as he wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Private Music [logo]. A.J. Croce...

Blues musician Al Hill leans his right elbow above the keys of a piano and rests his right cheek on his right hand to look up at the photographer. Printed on the bottom of the photograph, "All Hill ....

Blues guitarist and vocalist Albert King stands with his arms crossed and both thumbs up. He wears a pinstripe business suit, a fedora hat, and smokes a pipe. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues vocalist Alberta Adams holds a microphone to her mouth with her right hand. She wears a sweater with bead and crystal appliques, rings on all fingers except the smallest, a watch and dangle...

Blues vocalist Alberta Adams threads her fingers under her chin. She wears earrings, rings on all of her fingers except her smallest, and blouse with crystals applied. Printed below the photograph in...

Blues guitarist Alvin Youngblood Hart looks seriously to his left as he leans left and plays an electric guitar. He wears a wide headband and a plaid shirt. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Serbian blues guitarist and singer Ana Popovic sits on the floor and leans an electric guitar against her left knee and leans her head toward the neck. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ana...

Serbian blues guitarist and singer Ana Popovic sits by a wall with a wire pattern as she wears a black, sparkly top with spaghetti straps. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ana Popovic...

Blues guitarist Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones stands by a curved wall and smiles at the camera as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones. Bullseye...

Blues guitarist Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones stands by a curved wall and smiles at the camera as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones. Booking...

Ann Peebles, funk, soul, and blues singer from East St. Louis, Missouri, looks directly at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ann Peebles...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Ann Rabson crosses her hands while holding her eyeglasses and rests her chin on her hands as she smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the...

Guitarist Anson Funderburgh folds his hands on the right shoulder of blues vocalist Sam Myers who is wearing sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Black Top Records Paving the way...

Anson Funderburgh, blues guitarist, stands farthest to the right holding a guitar. Sam Myers, harmonica player and blues singer, stands in the center holding a harmonica to his mouth with both hands...

Canadian blues guitarist Anthony Gomes looks down and bends his knees as he plays an electric guitar on his right hip. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "33rd Street Records [logo]. Anthony...

Canadian blues guitarist Anthony Gomes stands with his arms and hands opened wide out from his body as an electric guitar hangs from the strap around his neck. Printed below his feet on the photograph...

Canadian blues guitarist Anthony Gomes looks seriously at the photographer with his face outlined by the edge of the body of a resonator guitar in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the...

Blues guitarists Buddy Guy (left) and Anthony Gomes (right) stand together and smile at the camera in a head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "UE [logo]. Anthony Gomes Band...

Artie White, blues singer, places the thumb of his left hand into his throat as he smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a bowtie and a diamond ring. Printed in the margin...

Publicity photo of B.B. & the Blues Shacks, a blues band from Germany made up of four white men who stand together looking down at the camera as they hold their instruments.