Grand Emporium Collection

Bridges and Smith, a duo comprised of a white woman and a white man, stand outside in front of a fence each holding a guitar. Printed across the bottom of the photocopy of a photograph, "Bridges and...

Blues electric guitarist and vocalist Chris Beard points at the photographer as he holds the neck of a guitar he holds upright. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Price of Blues, W.C. Handy...

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...

Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist Cotton Candy sits between a drummer and a guitarist on...

Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist Cotton Candy sits between a drummer and a guitarist on...

Rock pianist and vocalist Jason D. Williams stands on stage behind a microphone with his eyes closed and his mouth wide open. He wears a beige sweater and a fedora hat. Behind him is an unidentified...

Vocalist Leslie Clemmons stands outdoors smiling as she looks up. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Leslie Clemmons."

Blues singer Little Mary sings into a microphone with her eyes closed in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Handwritten in the margin below the photograph, "[at]Little Mary Productions - 2000...

Jazz pianist Luqman Hamza smiles into a microphone as he plays a piano. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Luqman Hamza. A.K.A. Larry Cummings. Smooth Tenor Voice. Fluid Piano Style. Vast...

Robert "Bilbo" Walker, blues guitarist, does the duck walk down a dirt road as he plays an electric guitar. A Lincoln limousine is parked on the side of the road behind him. A field of, likely, cotton...

Reggae vocalist Rocker T. faces left in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a turban with Jamaican flag colors in the back twist, sunglasses, and a camouflage t-shirt. White clouds in a clear...

Tiny Tim holds his ukulele, and smiles at the camera as he is flanked by Roger Naber (left), and George Myers (right), owners of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, with several other white...

An unidentified black male guitarist closes his eyes and tilts his head back as he is performing in a close-up photograph (top). An unidentified black female singer wearing a red dress and a wide...

Zoe, keyboard player and singer of the band, Zoe and the MoFoes, a local Kansas City band, winks her right eye and smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. She wears a black feather...