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

Topics

Advertising & Media

Asian American History & Representation

Indigenous History & Representation

Latinx History & Representation

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

Darrell Nulisch, blues harmonica player and singer, looks sadly up at the camera as he sits in a studio wearing a fedora hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Darrell Nulisch. Severn...

Date Published

1998

2004

Darrell Nulisch, blues harmonica player and singer, stands center stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri and lifts his left hand toward the ceiling and holds a microphone to his mouth...

Date Published

1987-06

Digital Collections

Darrell Nulisch

Darrell Nulisch and the Crawl

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Subjects, People (Collection)

Digital Projects

LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives