Grand Emporium Collection

This collection features publicity photos of live performances by the many performers who played at this iconic Kansas City venue. Led by Roger Naber, George Myers and Herb Palmer, the reputed nightclub hosted some 7,400 shows and consistently earned top honors nationally, including "Best Blues Club In America" in 1989 and 1991 from the Blues Foundation in Memphis. The Grand Emporium was sold in 2004 amid much fanfare, culminating with a Memorial Day blowout.

Items in Collection: 2,341

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Advertising & Media

Asian American History & Representation

Indigenous History & Representation

Latinx History & Representation

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

Forbidden Pigs, a blues-rock band comprised of three white men, stand holding their instruments of a snare drum, an accordion, and a string bass. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Swingin'...

Date Published

1988

The Twisters, a rock and roll band comprised of three white men, in four individual photographs in a collage. The top is the drummer. In the bottom left is the bass player. In the top right is the...

Date Published

1985

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Forbidden Pigs

Twisters

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Digital Projects

LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives