Grand Emporium Collection

Houserocker' Johnson and the Shadows in a bar. Guitarist Houserocker sits on a piano with his feet on the keys holding an electric blues guitar across his lap. He is smiling as he wears a light...

"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...

Comedian "Chris Cali" stands in front of a weeping willow background wearing a backwards flat cap, sunglasses, earrings, a open plaid shirt over a light colored t-shirt. Printed in the margin below...

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...

360 Degrees, a band of five African American men, performing on stage. Printed along the bottom of the photograph, "360 Degrees."

Blues saxophonist A.C. Reed smiles at the camera as he sits at a high-top table with am elaborately engraved saxophone lying on its side on the table. He wears a cap with four pins of three stars and...

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 guitarist and vocalist Albert King stands with his arms crossed and both thumbs up. He wears a pinstripe business suit, a fedora hat, and smokes a pipe. Printed in the margin below the...

In the photograph on the left blues guitarist and vocalist Albert King grins as he crosses his arms over his chest and gives a thumbs up from each hand. He wears a business suit, a fedora hat, and...

Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, looks slightly off to his left as he sits and plays an acoustic guitar in a close-up photograph with a blue background.

Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, has a far-off look in his eyes as he sits and sings into a microphone and plays a resonator guitar in a close-up photograph.

Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, looks seriously to his left as he sits behind a microphone and plays a resonator guitar.

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...

An unidentified African American man wearing a toga and a headband, laughs as he stands next to George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, wearing a blue toga made of Grand Emporium promotional...

Anders Osborne, Swedish-American blues-rock singer and guitarist, laughs as he sits among fellow musicians, three white men, one African American man, and one white woman, in a living room. Printed in...

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...

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...

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...

The Ark Band, a glam rock band comprised of six African American men and one white man, sit and stand around a small round table in a bar wearing uniforms from approximately during the Mexican...

Artie White, blues singer, places the thumb of his left hand into his throat as he smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a bowtie and a diamond ring. Printed in the margin...

Artie White, blues singer, places the thumb of his left hand into his skin behind his chin as he smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot negative photograph. He wears a bowtie and a diamond ring...

The Automatics, a Kansas City funk band comprised of four white men and two African American men, sit on a deck railing with trees behind them. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The...