Grand Emporium Collection

Charles Wilson, a blues singer from Chicago, looks at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a bow tie. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Young Prince of Blues & Soul...

The Charmaine Neville Band with Reggie Houston, Amasa Miller, and Charmaine Neville, stand in a group with their arms around each other and smile at the camera. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues musician Cherone Brown lies on his right side and props himself up with his right elbow as he wears a light colored suit.

The Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings, an R&B and blues band comprised of three African American men and three white men, pose in a group with three seated in the front, two behind them, and one standing...

Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings, a blues band comprised of four white men and two African American men, stand together. All are wearing dark suits. Two wear flat caps. Two wear fedoras. Printed in the...

Chick Willis, an African American male blues guitarist and singer, laughs as he plays an electric guitar. He wears a light-colored flat-cap backwards and a tuxedo jacket with a wide, light-colored...

Chick Willis, an African American male blues guitarist and singer, leans forward and to the right with his legs spread wide as he plays an electric jazz guitar and smiles at the camera. He wears a...

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...

Blues vocalist and guitarist Chris Thomas King wears sunglasses in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chris Thomas King. 21CB records [logo]. Scotti Bros...

Blues vocalist and guitarist Chris Thomas King stands on a palm tree-lined sidewalk, holding a guitar case and looking to the right. The windows of the building he stands beside are barred. Printed in...

Christfari, a Christian reggae band comprised of one African American woman, three African American men, and four white men, stand together in front of a backdrop and look seriously at the...

Chubby Carrier, zydeco accordion player, smiles at the camera as he plays a Gabbanelli accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby Carrier, Blind Pig Recording Artist, Blind Pig...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier smiles as he plays his personalized accordion in a photograph taken from above his head. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Photo: Jim Purdum. Chubby...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier opens his mouth to sing as he plays his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Photo: James Fraher. Chubby Carrier, Blind Pig Recording...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier grins at the photographer as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby Carrier & the bayou swamp band. P.O. Box 1008...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier grins at the photographer as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby Carrier & the bayou swamp band. P.O. Box 1008...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier grins at the photographer as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby Carrier & the bayou swamp band. P.O. Box 1008...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier grins at the photographer as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby Carrier & the bayou swamp band. P.O. Box 1008...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier opens his mouth wide as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Chubby Carrier & the bayou swamp band. P.O. Box 1008...

Zydeco accordionist Chubby Carrier opens his mouth wide as he holds his personalized accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, Intrepid Artists, Inc., Midtown Plaza . 1300 Baxter St. Ste...

Four men from the City Light Orchestra sit outside on a patio and smile as Ahmad Alaadeen looks at a soprano saxophone. All are wearing suits. From left to right: Ahmad Alaadeen, Tim Whitmer, LaVerne...

Blues musician Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, in a head-shot, leans forward and smiles to his left while wearing a cowboy hat and a leather jacket. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Clarence...

Blues musician Clarence Carter sits on a high stool among his many awards wearing a tuxedo with lamé lapels and sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Clarence Carter. Rodgers...

Blues musician Clarence Gatemouth Brown wears a cowboy hat and a western-style shirt as he holds a fiddle in his right hand, a bow over his left shoulder and a cigarette between the fingers in his...

The Cobras, a blues band out of Austin, Texas, comprised of five white men, stand with Junior Williams as all smile at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Cobras, Red Hot...