Grand Emporium Collection

Albert Collins, blues guitarist, leans to the left, closes his eyes, and grimaces as he holds his guitar with one hand on the neck and spreads his other arm out wide. He wears a leather jacket with...

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...

In the photograph on the left blues guitarist and vocalist Albert King grins as he crosses his arms over his chest and gives a thumbs up from each hand. He wears a business suit, a fedora hat, and...

Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, looks slightly off to his left as he sits and plays an acoustic guitar in a close-up photograph with a blue background.

Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, has a far-off look in his eyes as he sits and sings into a microphone and plays a resonator guitar in a close-up photograph.

Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, looks seriously to his left as he sits behind a microphone and plays a resonator guitar.

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...

Anders Osborne, Swedish-American blues-rock singer and guitarist, laughs as he sits among fellow musicians, three white men, one African American man, and one white woman, in a living room. Printed in...

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...

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...

Guitarist Bar BQ Bob and washboard player Washboard Chaz crouch down on a boulder with their instruments and smile at the photographer. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bar BQ Bob &...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits with an electric guitar flat across his lap and smiles at the photographer as he wears a cowboy hat with a wide hatband, a paisley vest over a light...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits with an electric guitar flat across his lap and smiles at the photographer as he wears a cowboy hat with a wide hatband, a paisley vest over a light...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison stands in a doorway with his arms crossed over the body of an electric guitar. He wears a cowboy hat, a vest over a light-colored shirt. Printed below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison stands in a doorway with his arms crossed over the body of an electric guitar. He wears a cowboy hat, a vest over a light-colored shirt. Printed below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits holding an electric guitar as he smiles up at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the bottom margin, "Record Label: Tone-Cool Records, 6...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits holding an electric guitar as he smiles up at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the bottom margin, "Record Label: Ruf Records, America...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison grinning and playing guitar in the street outside the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. He wears a double-breasted suit and a dark cowboy hat with...

Big Bad Smitty, blues guitarist and singer, sits holding an electric guitar by the neck and between his legs. He looks seriously at the camera. An amplifier is behind him on the left. Printed in the...

Big Daddy Kinsey, blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, holds a guitar that is across his chest, in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a dark business suit and a light colored hat...

Big Daddy Kinsey, blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, holds the neck of a guitar in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bookings: Tom Gold Agency...

Blues guitarist Big Jack Johnson smiles and closes his eyes as he plays a guitar he holds in his lap. He wears a light-colored flat cap. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "M.C. Records...

Blues guitarist Big Jack Johnson closes his eyes and lifts his chin as he plays a guitar. He wears a vertically striped headband and a athletic jacket. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "M.C...

Big Joe Turner, blues guitarist from Jackson, Tennessee, looks to the right as he plays an electric guitar. He wears a straw fedora hat, aviator glasses, and a t-shirt with an outline of himself...