Grand Emporium Collection

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...

Lonnie Ray and the All Stars, a blues band from Lawrence, Kansas comprised of four white men and one white woman, stand by a concrete block wall and laugh with each other. The band member in the...

Los Lonely Boys, a rock band of three Mexican American males, pose in front of the open back doors of a van full of instruments. Two members lean on each open door and the third member sits on the...

Los Straitjackets, a rock band comprised of four white men, wear Mexican wrestling masks as they look forward at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Los Straitjackets. (c)Sears...

Los Straitjackets, a rock band comprised of four white men, wear Mexican wrestling masks as they look forward at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Los Straitjackets. Photograph...

Love Jones, a lounge music band comprised of five white men, sit and stand by a table with a woman standing on it. All that is visible are her legs in fishnet, seamed stockings. The men look up...

Love Nut, a rock band comprised of four white men, stand with their faces close together and smile at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Love Nut. photo: Sam Holden. Big Deal...

Love Squad, a rock band comprised of two white men, stand on stage playing electric guitars. A Mercy Records banner hangs behind them. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Love Squad. Ozark...

The Loved Ones, an R&B band from Oakland, California comprised of four white men who stand on a sidewalk between the Oakland depot and the train tracks. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

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 7, a rockabilly band comprised of five white men, stand together as the accordionist in the center holds an open accordion and the band member farthest to the left holds an electric guitar...

Ludikrus Behavior, a rock band (likely) comprised of five white men, stand together and look seriously at the camera. Printed in the left margin, "Ludikrus Behavior."

Blues guitarist and vocalist Luther Guitar Jr. Johnson closes his eyes as he plays a guitar on stage with an unidentified band of four white men at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. A sign...

Luther Wright and the Wrongs, a country band comprised of four Canadian white men, look shyly in the direction of the camera wearing snap-up cowboy shirts. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Mad Trucker Gone Mad, an cowbilly punk band comprised of three white men, in individual close-up, head-shot, portrait photographs side-by-side. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Mad Trucker...

Jay Geils and the Bluestime band, white male blues musicians hold their instruments and stand behind Magic Dick, blues singer and harmonica player. Their names printed below their photograph. Printed...

Magic Dick and Jay Geils with Bluestime, a blues group comprised of five white men, stand together while the man second from the left holds an electric guitar and a man farthest to the right holds a...

Magic Slim & the Teardrops, a blues band of four African American men, perform on a stage that has wood paneled walls behind them at the 1125 Club at 59th & May in Chicago, Illinois. One band member...

Magpie, a band comprised of three white men, sit in a relaxed manner.

Mahlathini, a Black South African mbaqanga musician, leans to the right and smiles at the camera as the Mahotella Queens, three Black South African mbaqanga musicians, lean to the left as they sing.

Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens is a South African mbaqanga band of three women and one man. The Mahotella Queens stand behind Mahlathini and point their fingers at this head as everyone laughs...

The Mahotella Queens are three Black South African mbaqanga musicians in traditional clothing. The two on the outside look incredulously at the one in the center, who is laughing. Printed in the...

The Majestics Rhythm Revue, a dance party band from Lawrence, Kansas comprised of one African American man, four white men, and one white woman, standing in front of a rock wall. Printed in the margin...