Grand Emporium Collection

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...

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.

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...

Little Johnny Taylor, rhythm and blues singer, sits with his knees to the left and smiles over his left shoulder at the camera. He wears a wide belt that ties at his hip. Printed in the margin below...

Little Sister, a rock band comprised of one white woman, one African American man, and two white men, sit or stand in front of a brick wall and look seriously at the photographer. Printed in the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Little Whitt looks down at an acoustic guitar he is playing as Blues vocalist and harmonica player Big Bo looks down in contemplation as he holds a harmonica in his left...

Blues singer and pianist Little Willie Littlefield presses keys down on a toy piano and he grins and holds a microphone to his mouth. He wears a light-colored hat and a suit jacket over a sweater vest...

Local Hero, a reggae band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, comprised of two white men and two African American men, stand outside at what is possibly a festival. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "For...

Texan blues guitarist and vocalist Long John Hunter smiles directly at the camera and holds the neck of an electric guitar upright in the air in front of him. He wears a leather vest and a straw hat...

Texan blues guitarist and vocalist Long John Hunter looks off to the right and hugs the neck of an electric guitar upright on his lap. He wears a fedora hat with a wide floral print band. Printed in...

Texan blues guitarist and vocalist Long John Hunter smiles off to the left and holds an electric guitar upright to the left of his lap with both of his hands. He wears a fedora hat. Printed in the...

Blues vocalist and guitarist Lonnie Brooks, wearing a cowboy hat and a shirt with a striped yoke, leans to his left as he play an electric guitar and smiles at the photographer. Printed in the margin...

Blues vocalist and guitarist Lonnie Brooks, wearing a cowboy hat and a shirt with a striped yoke, leans to his left as he play an electric guitar and smiles at the photographer. Printed in the margin...

Blues vocalist and guitarist Lonnie Brooks, looks to his right with a big grin while he wears a cowboy hat and holds his left hand around the neck of a guitar. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Lonnie Brooks and blues and rock vocalist and guitarist Lonnie Mack perform on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. A keyboardists sits between them...

Lonnie Shields, blues guitarist and singer, smiles at the camera as he wears a tuxedo with a bow tie and a boutonniere. The neck of a guitar he is playing is in the photograph. Printed in the margin...

Jazz pianist Loston Harris sits on a wooden bench looking down seriously as he crosses his hands on this lap; fingers of his left hand spread. He wears a three piece business suit. A blurred crowd is...

Louisiana Red, blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, rests one elbow on his bent knee and the other elbow on the bottom of the body an acoustic guitar that is neck down toward the floor. He...

Louisiana Red, blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, leans on his left hand as his elbow rests on a table and holds an acoustic guitar by the neck by his right shoulder. He wears sunglasses.

Blues pianist Lovie Lee stands and turns to his right as he plays an electric piano and smiles at the camera. He stands in a living room with a television and a stack of albums behind the piano...

Electric blues pianist and vocalist Lovie Lee sits at an electric piano and turns to his right to smile at the camera. He wears a white business suit and a white hat. His band of four other African...

Lower Level, a rock band comprised of two white men and one African American man, stand in a doorway. Printed on the photograph below each man, JJ Usher, Vocals/Guitars. Ryan "G-Vine" Sirna, Drums...

LowLife, a rock band comprised of one African American man and three white men. The African American man stands with his arms crossed as he looks down at the camera, and the three white men also look...

Lucky Peterson, blues guitarist, piano player, and organist, wears sunglasses as he looks at the camera with the neck of a Gibson guitar visible on the right side of his body. Printed in the margin...