Grand Emporium Collection

The 9's, a funk band comprised of five white men and one white woman, stand together wearing dark suits against a white background except for the band members on the outsides. Printed in the lower...

Angélique Kiojo, a singer from Benin, stands in front of a wallpapered wall of black ivy as she wears a red headscarf, a tuxedo jacket over a white shirt with red and black geometric shapes printed on...

Ann Peebles, funk, soul, and blues singer from East St. Louis, Missouri, looks directly at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ann Peebles...

The Automatics, a Kansas City funk band comprised of four white men and two African American men, sit on a deck railing with trees behind them. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The...

The Automatics, a Kansas City funk band comprised of seven white men, stand in the corner of two brick walls. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Automatics. For Bookings: Johnny "C",...

Baghdad Jones, a funk-rock band comprised of five white men, one Asian American man, and one white woman, sit and stand on fire escape steps outside a brick building. Printed in the margin below the...

Bernie Worrell, funk keyboardist and composer, grins with his hands forming possibly the heavy metal rock music gesture on each side of his face of the index fingers and the pinkies being extended...

Bernie Worrell, funk keyboardist and composer, grins with his hands forming possibly the heavy metal rock music gesture on each side of his face of the index fingers and the pinkies being extended...

Billy Goat is a funk-rock band from Kansas City comprised of one African American man, four white men, and one white woman. The men stand and the woman bends to rest her hands on her knees. Printed in...

A split photograph of Mike Dillon, funk and rock percussionist, vibraphonist and drummer, on the left side, and Kim Pruitt, funk and rock singer, on the right side; both in close-up photographs. Mike...

Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet, comprised of four white women and one white man, play jazz, soul, and funk music, stand together laughing. One band member holds a baritone sax and lets it rest on...

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...

BokoMaru, a Kansas City jazz and funk band comprised of five white men, stand outside all wearing dark colors. The photo is shot from the ground up. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Boko...

Brian Stoltz, singer, funk and soul guitarist from New Orleans, Louisiana, looks down with concentration as he plays an electric guitar; light coming from behind him. Printed in the margin below the...

Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra, a hip-hop, funk, and soul band comprised of six African American men, one African American woman, two white men, and two possibly Latino men, stand tightly...

Deep Banana Blackout, a jazz-funk band comprised of one white woman and seven white men, sit and stand outside on rock boulders. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Deep Banana Blackout. P.O...

Funk and Soul singer Dorothy Moore smiles at the camera as she wears drop sparkly earrings and a blue sparkly jacket over a blue dress. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Dorothy Moore...

Global Funk Council, a funk band comprised of Anthony Smith, Eric Bolivar, Dan Lebowitz, and Steve Adams, stand looking up at the camera. All wear a white, open-collar shirt, and dark suit jackets...

Gran Torino, a funk band comprised of three African American men, four white men, and one Mexican American man (possibly), stand in front of a police line-up board and look seriously at the...

The Groove Hogs, a funk, jazz, soul and blues band comprised of ten white men, lie on a floor of alternating black and white square tiles, with their heads in a circle and a pair of a woman's legs and...

The Groove Hogs, a funk, jazz, soul, and blues band comprised of ten white men, stand on or in front of a porch of a slat wood building. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "The Groove Hogs...

Grupo Fantasma, a Latin funk group comprised of ten mostly Mexican American men and a few white men, stand and sit in front of Leal's Tire Shop which has a mural of a Mayan Indian across the wall...

Hairy Apes BMX, a band comprised of one African American man and three white man, stand in a line in front of a wall. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Artist Workshop [logo]. HAIRYAPESBMX...

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, a funk, blues, and rhythm and blues vocal group of four African American men, who stand and sing at microphones at the edge of the stage at the Grand Emporium in...

Funk vocalist Hector Bonet looks directly at the photographer as he wears a light-colored suit. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Hector Bonet. Distributed by: 698 10th Avenue, New York, NY...