Grand Emporium Collection

An unidentified African American man wearing a toga and a headband, laughs as he stands next to George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, wearing a blue toga made of Grand Emporium promotional...

Charlie Musselwhite, a blues harmonica player, guitarist and singer, stands to the right of George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, as they smile at the camera wearing orange life preservers...

George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, wears Grand Emporium apparel as a toga he puts his arm around an unidentified white woman in a teal dress during toga night aboard the Ultimate Rhythm...

George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, wears Grand Emporium apparel as a toga and he puts his arm around an unidentified white woman in a teal dress during toga night aboard the Ultimate...

George Myers and Roger Naber, co-owners of the Grand Emporium, stand together and smile at the camera during the National Blues Contest in Memphis, Tennessee. They each wears a different version of a...

George Myers and Roger Naber, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, holding a "Promotion of the Year" award between them from the Blues Foundation for their work...

George Myers and Roger Naber, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, holding a "Promotion of the Year" award between them from the Blues Foundation for their work...

George Myers stands behind Roger Naber, who is dancing on a cruise ship during one of the Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise I or II. George and Roger are co-owners of the Grand Emporium. Other cruise...

George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, leans his hand on the back of a chair as he looks down at a seated Tiny Tim from his right side at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. An...

George Myers, part bar owner, is flanked by two unidentified, smiling, white women whom he puts his arms around and looks slyly up at the camera with a smile at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City...

George Myers, part bar owner, is flanked by two unidentified white women at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri for the Tiny Tim show.

George Myers, bar owner, holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign, leans against the wall in the hall of the Board of Trade Building in Kansas City, Missouri.

George Myers, bar owner, holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign in the hall of the Board of Trade Building in Kansas City, Missouri.

George Myers, bar owner, holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign outdoors in the dark in Kansas City, Missouri. Car wheels are visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.

George Myers, bar owner, holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign outdoors in the dark in Kansas City, Missouri. Car wheels are visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.

Bar owner George Myers holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign, leans against the wall possibly in a parking garage and gives a smile in Kansas City, Missouri. The back window of a vehicle...

George Myers, bar owner, holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign in the hall of the Board of Trade Building in Kansas City, Missouri. A person is walking the other way down the hall behind...

George Myers, bar owner, holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign, leans against the wall in the hall of the Board of Trade Building in Kansas City, Missouri.

George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, posing with his shirt off and sunglasses, with others dressed as Looney Tunes characters to promote the Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise I. The Looney...

George Myers, bar owner, smiles while holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign outdoors by a rock wall and a parking lot in Kansas City, Missouri. A car wheel is visible in the bottom left...

George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, points up as he speaks with an unidentified African American woman on the Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise I. Other cruise passengers are visible in...

George Myers, part owner of the Grand Emporium, wears a blue toga made of Grand Emporium clothing, motions toward Speedy Huggins who siting in a chair wearing a toga and a headband. Next to Speedy an...

Little Hatch, an African American blues harmonica player and singer, smiles and claps behind Roger Naber, the owner who is speaking into the microphone at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri...

Roger Naber and George Myers, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, holding a "Promotion of the Year" award between them from the Blues Foundation for their work...

Roger Naber and George Myers, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, holding a "Promotion of the Year" award between them from the Blues Foundation for their work...