Grand Emporium Collection

Blues harmonica player Lee McBee looks directly into the camera as he holds a harmonica to his mouth with both hands in a close-up, head-shot photograph. This photograph is imposed over another...

Blues harmonica player Lee McBee looks directly into the camera as he holds a harmonica to his mouth with both hands in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Legendary Blues Band (L-R: 'Piano Willie' O'Shawny ; Mark 'Madison Slim' Koenig ; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith ; John Duich ; Calvin 'Fuzz' Jones) stand between two brick buildings in back of a parked car...

Leon Russell, blues pianist and singer, looks off to the right wearing sunglasses in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the right margin, "photo: Glenn Hall."

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials is a blues band comprised of two African American men and two white men. Lil' Ed is on his knees and leaning back as he plays an electric guitar and wears a tall fez...

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, a blues band comprised of two African American men and two white men, stand together and smile as they hold their instruments. Printed in the margin below the...

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, a blues band comprised of two African American men and three white men, stand together and smile as they hold their instruments. The saxophonist positions his fingers...

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, a blues band comprised of two African American men and two white men, stand together and smile as they hold their instruments. Printed in the margin below the...

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, two members of the blues band, one African American man and the other a white man, perform on stage of the cruise ship during toga night aboard the Ultimate Rhythm and...

Lil' Slim and the Back-Alley Blues Band, comprised of one African American man and three white men, sit on a couch at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln, Nebraska and look straight ahead at the camera. Many...

Linda Shell, blues singer, looks up slightly at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph.

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...

Lionel Young, blues violinist, looks at the camera with a small smile as he wears a fedora hat and a bolo tie. He holds the neck of a violin on his right shoulder with his left hand in a close-up...

Lionel Young, blues violinist, looks at the violin he is playing as he wears a fedora hat and a bolo tie. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Lionel Young."

Blues harmonica player Karl Kelly sits beside blues pianist Little Anthony. Karl is photographed from his right side while Anthony turns to the right, as he plays a piano, to look directly at the...

Little Buster, guitarist for the Little Buster and the Soul Brothers blues band, stand on railroad tracks with a big smile as he plays an electric guitar. He wears sunglasses and a double-breasted...

Little Charlie and the Nightcats, a blues band comprised of four white men, three of which sit to play their instruments while the upright bass player stands to play the bass. Printed in the margin...

Little Charlie and the Nightcats, a blues band comprised of three white men and one African American man, gather in a group and smile at the camera. The African American drummer and the bass player...

Little Charlie and the Nightcats, a blues band comprised of three white men and one African American man, stand on a staircase and smile up at the camera Little Charlie holds an electric guitar by the...

Little Charlie and the Nightcats, a blues band comprised of four white men, stand in a group and look up at the camera. All wear wide-lapel business suites and hold an instrument. Printed in the...

Chicago blues slide guitarist Little Ed Williams and Chicago blues guitarist Dave Weld, stand on the side of a dirt road with their instruments in cases and Dave Weld has his foot resting on a...

Blues singer and harmonica player Little Hatch laughs as he half-way sits on a barstool. He wears dark shirt and pants with light-colored suspenders. He holds a harmonica in his left hand.

Little Hatch, an African American blues harmonica player and singer, smiles and claps behind Roger Naber, the owner who is speaking into the microphone at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri...

Little Hatch, a blues harmonica player, stands on stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri blowing into a harmonica and looking off to the left. A drummer and part of the Grand Emporium...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Little Jimmy King stands with his fingers threaded over the body of an electric guitar as he smiles at the camera. He is dressed in dark clothing and the guitar is a...