Grand Emporium Collection

Pierre D'entremont (left), Speedy Huggins (center), and Rene Funderburgh (right) pose together for a photograph. Speedy Huggins wears a flat cap and a business suit. Time stamped on the bottom right...

In a copy of a photograph, funk musician Poo Poo Man and Rap musician Snoop Dogg, stand side by side in satin costumes. Poo Poo Man wears a lavender jacket with a boa and hat. Snoop Dogg wears a baby...

Zydeco accordion player and singer Rockin' Dopsie smiles at the camera as he wears a red crown and red cape and holds a red accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Rockin' Dopsie...

Blues harmonica player and vocalist Sam Myers stands on the edge of the stage wearing a business suit and singing into a microphone as he holds a harmonica with both hands, and blues guitarist Anson...

An unidentified white man sits outdoors on a folding chair and hugs his right leg up to his chest as he turns his head to the right to look at the camera. He wears a Santa Cruz Blues Festival ball cap...

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 group of three African American men performing on stage. The drummer wears a fedora hat. The electric bass player and electric guitarist wear flat caps. A banner hangs on the back of...

Blues vocalist Valerie Wellington turns to look back and grin at her band while performing on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. Her band is comprised of three African American...

Singer Veldez closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone. He is wearing a double-breasted striped business suit. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Veldez."

Wendy Neutzler leans her head into the cheek of an unidentified African American man who leans his cheek towards the side of her head at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri as Little Charlie...

Zapp, a funk band comprised of one African American woman and seven African American men, stand in a group in their performance costumes and smile at the camera. Printed on the lower right-hand corner...