Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues, a band comprised of four African American men. Two wear cowboy hats. One at the top of the photo wears a backwards ball cap. Printed in the margin below the...

Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues. Two band members wear cowboy hats. One member at the top of the photo wears a backwards ball cap. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "PolyGram Records...

Blind Mississippi Morris, blues harmonica player and singer, sits on a tall stool with one foot resting on an amplifier and the other touching the ground as he holds a harmonica up to his chin. He...

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...

Blue Louie, a blues band comprised of four white men, sit on a staircase with an ornate banister. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Breakaway records. Blue Louie. Breakaway Records, 1-800...

Blue Shoe Sole Revue, a blues band comprised of one African American man and six white men, stand in front of a jazz caricature. Printed in the bottom margin, "Blue Shoe Sole Revue. Photo by George...

Blue Sky, a Kansas City blues band comprised of one African American woman and four white men, stand in front of an industrial machine. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "www.kcbluesky.com...

The Bluerunners, a Cajun rock, blues, and funk band comprised of four white men, stand in front of a metal wall. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "L to R: Rob Savoy, Steven Le Blanc, John...

Blues Bar BQ, a blues band comprised of four white men, in a split photograph stand in the lobby of an exhibition hall holding out their drinks and an honorary plate. The bottom photograph is of the...

Blues Bar BQ, a blues band comprised of five white men, stand in a stage area with their instruments smiling at the photographer. Printed on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph, "Blue Bar...

The Blues Notions, a Kansas City jump blues band comprised of five white men, stand in front of a brick wall. The men on the farthest left and right hold their guitars. The man in the center sits on a...

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 vocalist Bobby Bland sits and holds a cigarette between the index finger and thumb of his right hand. The thick smoke rises up the left side of the photograph. He wears a suit and shirt with...

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...

Bobby Rush, blues singer, looks to his right and smiles at the camera as he holds a harmonica in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bobby Rush. For...

Blues singer Bobby Rush wearing a stage costume of a shiny suit, sits on a motorcycle and looks down to his right at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bobby Rush. Philadelphia...

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...

A photocopy of a head-shot photograph of Brody Buster holding a harmonica with both hand and looking directly at the photographer. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Brody Buster...

Brody Buster holds a harmonica to his mouth and looks seriously to the right at the photographer as he stands outside under trees. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Brody Buster. Morra...

The Bruce Brothers Band, an Australian blues band comprised of seven white men and one Black man, stand on a hillside holding their instruments. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Bruce...

Blues musician Bruce Katz turns his head toward his right shoulder and winces as he plays an upright piano. An organ is behind him and to his left. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Bruce...