Grand Emporium Collection

Blues vocalist Valerie Wellington turns to look back and grin at her band while performing on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. Her band is comprised of three African American...

Vambo Marble Eye, a rock band comprised of three white men, stand in a group. The band member on the left is in the shadows but is looking at the camera. The band member in the center is staring...

Vanguards, a band comprised of five white men, stand outside in the dark in front of trees and holds out their hands in front of them with the fingers spread. They wear many long bead necklaces. Two...

The Vees, a rockabilly band comprised of four white men, pose with their instruments and wear vintage 1950's early 1960s clothing. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "the Vees. RHP...

The Vees, a rockabilly band comprised of four white men, perform on stage to a large audience. The kick drum head reads, "Rock & Roll, Dance and Sing, Featuring Bobby Vee." Printed on the bottom right...

Veg-Ex, a band of three white men and one white woman, stand outside in a parking lot. Printed on a label attached below the photograph, "VEG-EX."

The Ventures, a rock-and-roll and surf rock band comprised of four white men, who are wearing Hawaiian print shirts and are holding their guitars and a pair of drumsticks for a studio photograph...

Vertu a jazz fusion band comprised of one white woman, one African American woman, two African American men, and one white man, wear dark formal clothing as they sit on or stand by a white staircase...

Vertu, a jazz fusion band comprised of one white woman, two African American men, one white man, and one African American woman, in separate portrait photographs in a collage. The name of each band...

The Vibro Champs, a rockabilly band comprised of four white men, stand outside of an architecturally rounded and angled glass, steel, and concrete building playing their instruments: drums, guitars...

Virunga, an African orchestra of seven men, stand or sit arm-in-arm holding their instruments and laughing as they wear their performance costumes. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Virunga...

Volcano Suns, an alternative rock band comprised of three white men, are in the dark holding different varieties of lights under their faces in a close-up photograph. The band member in the center has...

The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, a glam and shock rock band comprised of three white men and one white woman. All are in costume. The woman's skin is painted completely white.

Voodoo Cowboys, a band comprised of four white men, sit or lean on a pile of tires stacked up by a dilapidated building. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Voodoo Cowboys." Printed in the...

The Voodoo Kings, a blues-rock band from Texas comprised of four white men, stand together wearing dark clothing and turn their heads to look seriously at the camera in a close-up photograph. Printed...

The Wailers Band, a reggae band of eight Jamaican men, stand together outside in front of an urban building. One band member on the left wears a tag that reads, "The Wailers. Dic-92, Artist." The band...

The Wailers Band, a reggae band, stand five in the back, one squats in the front, and the other band member in the front sits on a low stool. Printed below the photograph are the names of each band...

The Wallflowers, a rock band comprised of five white men, sit on torn upholstered couches on a porch and look at the camera in a disinterested fashion. A dog lies his head in the lap of the band...

Walter "Wolfman" Washington and the Roadmasters, a jazz, funk and blues band comprised of two African American men and five white men, who stand in a group wearing business suits or neckties and...

War, a funk band of seven African American men and one Mexican American man, and one Japanese American man, stand outdoors on a staircase lined by brick walls and cactus. Printed in the margin below...

War, a funk band of six African American men, who stand in an alley with razor wire, graffiti and trash and look down at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "War. Artists...

Warsaw, a ska band comprised of five white men, in a photo in which four of them stand together and hold the fifth band member up in the air as if seated in the air with his legs spread wide. He hangs...

The Waste Kings, a garage band / punk band comprised of four white men who are looking up at the camera from a black background in a close-up photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

The Wellsprings of Hope, an alternative rock band comprised of four white men, looking forlorn on stage together holding their instruments. Three wear business suits and neckties. Printed in the...

The Welterweights, a rock band of three white men and one white woman, laugh as they stand under a tree and by a privacy fence. One man smokes. Another man holds a guitar case.