Grand Emporium Collection

B.B. Queen, an African American female blues guitarist, promotional photograph front and back.

A promotional sheet of four portrait photographs of African American blues musicians. From the top left, Bobby "Blue" Bland; top right, Denise LaSalle; bottom right, Buddy Guy; and bottom left, Robert...

Cotton Candy & So Many Men, a blues band from Kansas City comprised of one African American woman, one African American man, and four white men, sit on or in front of a tile wall in front of a...

Blues guitarist Deborah Coleman looks down at an electric guitar she is playing. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Deborah Coleman. Blind Pig Recording Artist. Represented exclusively by...

Blues guitarist Deborah Coleman hugs an electric guitar to her body. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Photo: Pat Johnson. Deborah Coleman. Blind Pig Recording Artist. Blind Pig [logo]."

Rockabilly guitarist Deke Dickerson stands holding two guitars whose bodies are resting at his feet and he steadies them by the necks. Three women sit and lie around his feet with 7" records and...

Linda Shell, blues singer, stands center stage singing into a microphone, and Ron Thompson, guitarist, closes his eyes as he plays guitar to the right, with two other unidentified band members: a...

Guitarist and artist Lois "LadyMac" McMorris sits with one leg curled around a guitar in the center of her lap. She rests her elbow on the knee of her other leg and holds her hand to her brow. Printed...

Performance artist Robin Renée leans against a wall holding an acoustic guitar by the neck as the body rests on the floor by her foot in a photograph from above. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Ruthie Foster (left), in a split photograph, sits on a suitcase on railroad tracks and plays an acoustic guitar. In the photograph on the left, Ruthie is joined by hand...

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...

Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women is a blues band comprised of two white women and one African American woman. Two of the women are seated; one holding a mandolin; one holding a guitar; and the third...

Two separate negative photographs of blues singer Valerie Wellington and blues guitarist and vocalist Eddy Clearwater. Valerie's photograph is a close-up, head-shot photograph of her singing into a...

Zora Young, blues singer, closes her eyes, lifts her right hand toward the ceiling and holds a handkerchief in her left hand as she sings into a microphone. An African American male band member...