Grand Emporium Collection

An unidentified white male guitarist hugs an electric guitar as he smiles at the camera. He wears a dark fedora, a dark vest over a striped shirt, and a dark tie.

An unidentified black male guitarist closes his eyes and tilts his head back as he is performing in a close-up photograph (top). An unidentified black female singer wearing a red dress and a wide...

An unidentified white male singer and guitarist from his right side, sings into a microphone as he plays a guitar in a close-up photograph. Written in blue marker in the bottom margin, "M Maxwell [at]...

An unidentified white male singer and guitarist looks down at his right hand as he plugs in his guitar and stands behind a microphone in a close-up photograph. Written in blue marker in the bottom...

An unidentified white man sits on a stool holding an electric guitar at the cutaway where the neck meets the body and he looks off to the right. An open guitar case with another guitar inside leans...

An unidentified white man lies on a railroad tie between railroad tracks, closes his eyes and crosses his arms over his chest as an electric blues guitar lies on his body with the neck on his chest...

An unidentified white man opens his mouth wide as he plays an electric guitar. He wears a jean-jacket vest over a polka-dot long-sleeved shirt.

An unidentified African American man looks directly at the camera in a close-up head-shot photograph. He wears a dark fedora hat and a dark, Nehru-collar shirt. A guitar neck leans on his right...

An unidentified white man from his right side, is seated behind a drum set and a microphone while performing on a double-neck cigarbox guitar.

An unidentified white man is seated behind a drum set and a microphone while performing on a double-neck cigarbox guitar.

An unidentified white man stands and sings into a microphone with a wide open mouth and closed eyes while performing. He plays a resonator guitar.

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...

Nigerian reggae guitarist Victor Essiet with the band, The Mandators, leans his left elbow on his propped up left knee and smiles directly at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Nigerian reggae guitarist Victor Essiet with the band, The Mandators, looks down at the acoustic guitar he is playing. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Victor Essiet & the Mandators...

Nigerian reggae guitarist Victor Essiet with the band, The Mandators, looks down at the acoustic guitar he is playing. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Victor Essiet & the Mandators...

Rock guitarist Victor Mecyssne sits outside with a dry-stack rock wall behind him as he looks down at the neck of a resonator guitar he is playing. He wears a business suit sport jacket. Printed in...

Vince Agwada, blues musician and leader of the band, One Eyed Jax, looks straight at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph in which he wears a dark leather jacket. A brick wall is behind him...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Vince Converse leans against a wall as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Vince Converse. Absolute Artists, 333 Valencia Street...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Vince Converse leans against a wall as he holds an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Thunderbird Management Group, NY 212-876-5011, New Orleans...

Blues guitarist W. C. Clark smiles with his mouth wide open as he plays an electric guitar. He wears a business suit and a fedora hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Booking: Ozark...

Blues guitarist W.C. Clark leans slightly forward as he plays an electric guitar. He wears a fedora. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Black Top Records [logo]. "Paving the way to your...

Blues guitarist Walter Trout locks his fingers together over the body of an electric guitar that hangs from a strap around his neck as he stands on sand with a wall and tall palm trees behind him, and...

Blues guitarist Walter Trout looks seriously down at the electric guitar he is playing with stage lights above his left shoulder. He wears a vest over a 3/4 sleeve shirt. Printed in the margin below...

Blues guitarist Walter Trout stands by a chain-link fence and holds an electric guitar while he wears sunglasses. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ruf In-Tune Music Group, 973.275.1077...

Walter Trout, blues guitarist, wears sunglasses in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Only a tiny bit of the neck of the guitar is visible