Grand Emporium Collection

This collection features publicity photos of live performances by the many performers who played at this iconic Kansas City venue. Led by Roger Naber, George Myers and Herb Palmer, the reputed nightclub hosted some 7,400 shows and consistently earned top honors nationally, including "Best Blues Club In America" in 1989 and 1991 from the Blues Foundation in Memphis. The Grand Emporium was sold in 2004 amid much fanfare, culminating with a Memorial Day blowout.

Items in Collection: 2,341

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Advertising & Media

Asian American History & Representation

Indigenous History & Representation

Latinx History & Representation

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

Chicago blues keyboard player Professor Eddie Lusk props his keyboard on its side on the ground and rests his right hand on it as he leans his left forearm on the right should of Chicago blues singer...

Date Published

1989

Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women, a blues band comprised of one African American woman and two white women, laugh as they hold their instruments; a guitar, a double bass, and a keyboard. Printed in...

Date Published

1991

2000

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Professor Eddie Lusk and Karen Carroll

Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women

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Digital Projects

LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives

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