Grand Emporium Collection

The Toasters, a ska band from New York City comprised of three African American men and four white men, stand as a group and look seriously at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

The Tony Williams Quintet, a jazz quintet of five African American men, is side by side to a portrait photograph of Tony Williams, drummer. The quintet all wear business suits; three stand behind as...

An unidentified group of five white men and two African American men stand in a group and look up to smile at the camera.

United Dope Front, an acid jazz band comprised of five white men and one African American man, sit and stand among rubble, laughing, outside a collapsing brick wall of a building. Printed across the...

The Uptown Rhythm Kings, a rock and roll, rhythm and blues band comprised of three African American men and seven white men, play their instruments in a room with a small stage. They play around a man...

Vertu a jazz fusion band comprised of one white woman, one African American woman, two African American men, and one white man, wear dark formal clothing as they sit on or stand by a white staircase...

Vertu, a jazz fusion band comprised of one white woman, two African American men, one white man, and one African American woman, in separate portrait photographs in a collage. The name of each band...

Walter "Wolfman" Washington and the Roadmasters, a jazz, funk and blues band comprised of two African American men and five white men, who stand in a group wearing business suits or neckties and...

War, a funk band of seven African American men and one Mexican American man, and one Japanese American man, stand outdoors on a staircase lined by brick walls and cactus. Printed in the margin below...

War, a funk band of six African American men, who stand in an alley with razor wire, graffiti and trash and look down at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "War. Artists...

Wendy Neutzler leans her head into the cheek of an unidentified African American man who leans his cheek towards the side of her head at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri as Little Charlie...

Yard Squad, a reggae band from Saint Louis, Missouri comprised of five African American men, stand together in a close cropped photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Yard Squad."

Yobosó, a Latin jazz band comprised of three white men and one African American man, stand together grinning and playing their instruments: conga drum, double bass, keyboard, and snare drums. They all...

Zapp, a funk band comprised of one African American woman and seven African American men, stand in a group in their performance costumes and smile at the camera. Printed on the lower right-hand corner...