Grand Emporium Collection

Zydeco accordion player and vocalist Rosie Ledet smiles as she holds an accordion. She wears a vest over a short-sleeved shirt. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Rosie Ledet. Booking...

Rudy Love and the Love Family Band, a funk band from Wichita, Kansas comprised of eight African American men and one African American woman, sit on risers on a stage. The guitarists and percussionists...

Ruth Brown, an R&B, soul, jazz, and blues singer, in a split photograph. In the top she looks up and to the left. In the bottom she looks to the right. Printed in the right margin the photograph,...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Ruthie Foster (left), in a split photograph, sits on a suitcase on railroad tracks and plays an acoustic guitar. In the photograph on the left, Ruthie is joined by hand...

Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women, a blues band comprised of one African American woman and two white women, laugh as they hold their instruments; a guitar, a double bass, and a keyboard. Printed in...

Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women is a blues band comprised of two white women and one African American woman. Two of the women are seated; one holding a mandolin; one holding a guitar; and the third...

Blues vocalist Sandra Hall looks slightly back over her right shoulder at the photographer. She wears a blouse with a ruffle around the collar and a necklace with a cross on it. Printed in the margin...

Blues vocalist Shemekia Copeland closes her eyes and opens her mouth wide as she sings into a microphone lifted even with her face. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Booking: Piedmont...

Blues vocalist Shirley Johnson sits sideways to a piano and smiles as she leans her head on her left hand. Her elbow rests on the music stand of the piano. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Blues vocalist Shirley King stands with one hand on her left hip and one hand on her right thigh as she wears a fan hat and a sequined pantsuit. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Shirley...

Sista Monica, blues singer, turns her head to the left, closes her eyes as she sings into a microphone she holds to her mouth as she holds up her other arm and forms her hand into a fist. Printed in...

Sista Monica, blues singer, smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. She wears a blouse with an animal print collar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Sista Monica. Mo...

Smitten, an American shoegaze rock band of one white woman, one African American woman, and two white men, all lie in a pile and look up at the camera in a close-up photograph. Printed in the margin...

Sonia Dada, a rock, soul, funk band comprised of one African American woman, two African American men, and five white men, sit in theater seats where all other seats are empty and laugh. Four band...

Sonia Dada, a rock, soul, and funk band comprised of one African American woman, two African American men, and five white men, sit and stand in a formal living room wearing dark clothing. Two men sit...

Sweet Baby J'ai, jazz singer, stands on stage with a double bass player and a drum set on either side of her. She plays a rubboard and wears a traditional head covering. Printed in the margin below...

Sweet Baby J'ai, jazz singer, turns her head to the right and smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. She wears a dark hat with a flower on the brim. Printed in the margin below the...

Table Rockers, a blues band from Lincoln, Nebraska comprised of four white men and one African American woman, sit together in a group and smile at the camera. A brick wall, an electric box, and pipes...

Toni Lynn Washington, blues singer, looks up and slightly to the right as she smiles for a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Toni Lynn Washington...

Soul and Funk vocalist Trudy Lynn smiles in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Trudy Lynn. For Booking Call: J.D. Jones Booking Agent, (713) 635-8216...

Blues vocalist Valerie Wellington turns to look back and grin at her band while performing on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. Her band is comprised of three African American...

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...

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...

Blues vocalist Zakiya Hooker in close-up, head-shot photograph, smiles at the camera with a bucket hat brim slanted below her right eye. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Zakiya Hooker...