Grand Emporium Collection

George Myers and Roger Naber, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, holding a "Promotion of the Year" award between them from the Blues Foundation for their work...

George Myers and Roger Naber, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, holding a "Promotion of the Year" award between them from the Blues Foundation for their work...

George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, leans his hand on the back of a chair as he looks down at a seated Tiny Tim from his right side at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. An...

George Myers, part bar owner, is flanked by two unidentified, smiling, white women whom he puts his arms around and looks slyly up at the camera with a smile at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City...

George Myers, part bar owner, is flanked by two unidentified white women at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri for the Tiny Tim show.

George Myers, bar owner, holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign, leans against the wall in the hall of the Board of Trade Building in Kansas City, Missouri.

George Myers, bar owner, holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign in the hall of the Board of Trade Building in Kansas City, Missouri.

George Myers, bar owner, holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign outdoors in the dark in Kansas City, Missouri. Car wheels are visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.

George Myers, bar owner, holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign outdoors in the dark in Kansas City, Missouri. Car wheels are visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.

Bar owner George Myers holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign, leans against the wall possibly in a parking garage and gives a smile in Kansas City, Missouri. The back window of a vehicle...

George Myers, bar owner, holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign in the hall of the Board of Trade Building in Kansas City, Missouri. A person is walking the other way down the hall behind...

George Myers, bar owner, holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign, leans against the wall in the hall of the Board of Trade Building in Kansas City, Missouri.

George Myers, bar owner, smiles while holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign outdoors by a rock wall and a parking lot in Kansas City, Missouri. A car wheel is visible in the bottom left...

Roger Naber and George Myers, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, holding a "Promotion of the Year" award between them from the Blues Foundation for their work...

Roger Naber and George Myers, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, holding a "Promotion of the Year" award between them from the Blues Foundation for their work...

George Myers and Roger Naber, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, holding a "Promotion of the Year" award between them from the Blues Foundation for their work...

An unidentified white woman holds a "Promotion of the Year" award for Roger Naber and George Myers work organizing the 1994 Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise. Roger Naber and George Myers, partners in...

An unidentified white woman holds a "Promotion of the ear" award for Roger Naber and George Myers work organizing the 1994 Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise. Roger Naber and George Myers, partners in...

Tiny Tim holds his ukulele, and smiles at the camera as he is flanked by Roger Naber (left), and George Myers (right), owners of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, with several other white...

Tiny Tim holds his ukulele and smiles at the camera as he is flanked by Roger Naber (left), and George Myers (right), owners of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, with several other white...

Tiny Tim holds his ukulele and smiles down at the camera as he is flanked by Roger Naber (left), and George Myers (right), white male bar owners of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, and...

Tiny Tim holds his ukulele and smiles at the camera as he is flanked by Roger Naber (left), and George Myers (right), owners of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, with several other white...

Tiny Tim holds his ukulele and smiles at the camera as he is flanked by Roger Naber (left), and George Myers (right), owners of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, with several other white...