Grand Emporium Collection

"Big James" Montgomery, Chicago blues style trombonist, smiles as he holds a trombone across his body with both hands with a cloth over the bell that has "Big James" embroidered on the towel. Printed...

Blues harmonica player "Wild Child" Butler holds a harmonica to his mouth with both hands and looks slightly to the right. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Wild Child" Butler. Photo by...

Blues harmonica player "Wild Child" Butler closes his eyes, grips his left hand in a fist, and opens his mouth to sing into a microphone. He has a cap on his front tooth that has a star cutout in the...

Blues pianist A.J. Croce, in a close-up photograph from his right side, he looks down to his right as he wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Private Music [logo]. A.J. Croce...

Blues musician Al Hill leans his right elbow above the keys of a piano and rests his right cheek on his right hand to look up at the photographer. Printed on the bottom of the photograph, "All Hill ....

Albert Collins, blues guitarist, leans to the left, closes his eyes, and grimaces as he holds his guitar with one hand on the neck and spreads his other arm out wide. He wears a leather jacket with...

Blues vocalist Alberta Adams threads her fingers under her chin. She wears earrings, rings on all of her fingers except her smallest, and blouse with crystals applied. Printed below the photograph in...

Blues guitarist Alvin Youngblood Hart looks seriously to his left as he leans left and plays an electric guitar. He wears a wide headband and a plaid shirt. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Blues guitarist Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones stands by a curved wall and smiles at the camera as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones. Bullseye...

Blues guitarist Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones stands by a curved wall and smiles at the camera as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones. Booking...

Ann Peebles, funk, soul, and blues singer from East St. Louis, Missouri, looks directly at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ann Peebles...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Ann Rabson crosses her hands while holding her eyeglasses and rests her chin on her hands as she smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the...

Guitarist Anson Funderburgh folds his hands on the right shoulder of blues vocalist Sam Myers who is wearing sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Black Top Records Paving the way...

Anson Funderburgh, blues guitarist, stands farthest to the right holding a guitar. Sam Myers, harmonica player and blues singer, stands in the center holding a harmonica to his mouth with both hands...

Canadian blues guitarist Anthony Gomes looks seriously at the photographer with his face outlined by the edge of the body of a resonator guitar in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the...

Blues guitarists Buddy Guy (left) and Anthony Gomes (right) stand together and smile at the camera in a head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "UE [logo]. Anthony Gomes Band...

Publicity photo of B.B. & the Blues Shacks, a blues band from Germany made up of four white men who stand together looking down at the camera as they hold their instruments.

B.B. & the Blues Shacks, a blues band from Germany made up of four white men in a publicity photograph.

B.B. Queen, an African American female blues guitarist, promotional photograph front and back.

Baby Jason and the Spankers, a blues-rock band comprised of three white men, stand outside by three brick walls wearing suits. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "B.J.A.T.S., P.O. Box 81294...

Baby Jason and the Spankers, a blues-rock band comprised of four white men, stand outside in jeans and jackets. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "for correspondence: www.spankworld.com...

Blues vocalist Barbara Carr smiles as she holds her curled left hand under her chin in a head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ecko Records [logo], Ecko Records Recording...

The Beat Daddys, a Southern rock and blues band comprised of four white men, lean on a beat up car. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Beat Daddys [logo], The Beat Daddys. www.beatdaddys...

Blues guitarist Becky Barksdale looks seriously at the photographer as she hugs the neck of a guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Becky Barksdale. spinout [logo], Spinout[at]earthlink...

Blues guitarist Ben Stevens looks over the top of his sunglasses while playing a guitar in a close-up photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ben Stevens. P.O.B. 19134, Boulder, CO...