Grand Emporium Collection

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits holding an electric guitar as he smiles up at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the bottom margin, "Record Label: Ruf Records, America...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison grinning and playing guitar in the street outside the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. He wears a double-breasted suit and a dark cowboy hat with...

Bernie Pearl, a blues guitarist, plays a resonator guitar as he looks directly at the camera wearing a Hawaiian print shirt. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bernie Pearl. (213) 426-0761."

Big Bad Smitty, blues guitarist and singer, sits holding an electric guitar by the neck and between his legs. He looks seriously at the camera. An amplifier is behind him on the left. Printed in the...

Big Daddy Kinsey, blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, holds a guitar that is across his chest, in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a dark business suit and a light colored hat...

Big Daddy Kinsey, blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, holds the neck of a guitar in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bookings: Tom Gold Agency...

Big Dave and the Ultrasonics, a blues band comprised of six white men, stand or sit in front of a wall with graffiti painted on it. One holds a guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Big...

Blues guitarist Big G, [Garrett Jacobson] closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar as he stands next to an amplifier. He wears a cowboy hat.

Blues guitarist Big Jack Johnson smiles and closes his eyes as he plays a guitar he holds in his lap. He wears a light-colored flat cap. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "M.C. Records...

Blues guitarist Big Jack Johnson closes his eyes and lifts his chin as he plays a guitar. He wears a vertically striped headband and a athletic jacket. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "M.C...

Big Joe Turner, blues guitarist from Jackson, Tennessee, looks to the right as he plays an electric guitar. He wears a straw fedora hat, aviator glasses, and a t-shirt with an outline of himself...

Bill Perry, an African American male blues guitarist, looks directly at the camera with a slight smile face in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bill Perry...

Blues guitarist Bill Perry looks down in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bill Perry. pointblank [logo]." Printed in the right margin, "Photo Credit: John...

Blues guitarist Bill Perry looks to the right as he stands behind a microphone playing an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bill Perry. pointblank [logo]." Printed in the...

Blues guitarist, singer, and cook Bill Wharton leans to the side and plays a resonator guitar that he holds neck straight up, while a pot boils on a table full of vegetables in front of him. Printed...

Blues guitarist Billy [Royce] squats on a stage to light his red electric guitar on fire. His hat covers his face. Printed over the photograph, "in the spirit of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn...

Four members of the five member Blue City Band, a blues band comprised of three white men and two African American men, perform in a tent. Farthest to the left is David Tims playing the drums and...

Blues guitarist Bob Margolin sits looks directly at the camera while playing an electric guitar. He wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bob Margolin. Booking: Piedmont...

A promotional sheet of four portrait photographs of African American blues musicians. From the top left, Bobby "Blue" Bland; top right, Denise LaSalle; bottom right, Buddy Guy; and bottom left, Robert...

Blues guitarist Bobby Carson closes his eyes as he plays an electric guitar behind a microphone. He wears a short-sleeved shirt to reveal guitar tattoos on each forearm.

Bobby Murray, a Japanese-Irish American male electric blues guitarist, looks directly at the camera as he hugs an electric guitar where the neck meets the body with both hands. The guitar is held...

Bobby Parker, blues guitarist and singer, stands with his hands resting on the headstock of an electric guitar of which he rests the other end of the guitar on the floor between his legs. Printed in...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bonnie Raitt smiles over her right shoulder as she stands behind a microphone playing an acoustic guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bonnie Raitt...

Blues guitarist Brian "Taz" Grant sits holding a red and black electric guitar on his lap with both of his hand over the top of the body. He wears clothing to match his guitar; black hat, red and...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bryan Lee looks left in a close-up head-shot photograph. He wears a dark hat with a braided leather hatband with alligator teeth decoration and sunglasses. Printed in the...