Grand Emporium Collection

Blues singer Bobby Rush wearing a stage costume of a shiny suit, sits on a motorcycle and looks down to his right at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bobby Rush. Philadelphia...

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...

Howard and the White Boys, a blues band comprised of one African American man and three white men, appear in a series of four photographs with Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi (The Blues Brothers), and...

Jo Shannon smokes a cigarette as she stands outside next to blues musician Muddy Waters, as he steps out of the passenger side of a Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 10 Suburban SUV backstage at an unidentified...

Blues guitarist and vocalist John Hammond wears a light-colored business suit as he sits on a barstool and plays an acoustic guitar. A microphone is in front of him and two guitars sit in holders on...

The Juke Jumpers, a band comprised of six white men, who play rhythm and blues, blues, and rockabilly music. They stand together more or less in a line and look directly at the camera. Printed in the...

Larry Raspberry and the Highsteppers, a blues-rock band from Memphis, Tennessee of four white men standing on a porch and one white woman, sitting. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Larry...

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...

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...

Spencer Bohren, Americana roots guitarist, from his right side, smiles as he looks up wearing a fedora and holding a cigarette in his left hand. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Spencer...

Two separate negative photographs of blues singer Valerie Wellington and blues guitarist and vocalist Eddy Clearwater. Valerie's photograph is a close-up, head-shot photograph of her singing into a...