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Alberta Adams

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Blues vocalist Alberta Adams holds a microphone to her mouth with her right hand. She wears a sweater with bead and crystal appliques, rings on all...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Artie White

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Artie White, blues singer, places the thumb of his left hand into his throat as he smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Artie White

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Artie White, blues singer, places the thumb of his left hand into his skin behind his chin as he smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big "Babe" Martin and the Chump Change Blues Band

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Big "Babe" Martin and the Chump Change Blues Band, is a band comprised of three African American men and two white men. Two African American men sit...

Date Published
1985
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blue Sky

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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...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bobby Bland

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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...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buddy Guy

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Blues guitarist Buddy Guy closes his eyes and looks to the left as he plays guitar.

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chick Willis

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Chick Willis, an African American male blues guitarist and singer, leans forward and to the right with his legs spread wide as he plays an electric...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Clarence Gatemouth Brown

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Blues musician Clarence Gatemouth Brown wears a cowboy hat and a western-style shirt as he holds a fiddle in his right hand, a bow over his left...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cobras

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The Cobras, a blues band out of Austin, Texas, comprised of five white men, stand with Junior Williams as all smile at the camera. Printed in the...

Date Published
1985
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie Shaw

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Eddie Shaw, blues saxophone player, lifts his right knee and closes his eyes as he plays a tenor saxophone. He wears a vest over a button-down shirt...

Date Published
1985
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie Shaw and the Wolf Gang

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Eddie Shaw, blues saxophonist, closes his eyes as he opens his mouth wide in a close-up photograph from his right side. He holds two saxophones; one...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

James Harmon Band

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James Harmon Band, a blues band comprised of three white men, stand on stage performing. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "HARMAN BAND SETS...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

James Harmon Band

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James Harmon Band, a blues band comprised of four white men, stand on stage wearing business suits as they perform. Printed on the drum, "James Harman...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

James VanBuren

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James VanBuren, jazz singer, threads his fingers together and rests his chin on them as he grins at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

James VanBuren

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James VanBuren, blues and jazz singer, holds his chin with his right hand and smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jim Brewer

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Jim Brewer, blues guitarist and singer, looks down and smiles as he plays an acoustic guitar with J.B. printed on the body. Printed in the upper left...

Date Published
1985
1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jimmy Dawkins

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Jimmy Dawkins, blues guitarist and singer, stands behind a microphone while playing an electric guitar. He wears a flat cap and a t-shirt. A chair and...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jimmy Dawkins

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Jimmy Dawkins stands on stage playing an electric guitar with a drummer behind him. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1985
1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jimmy Dawkins

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Jimmy Dawkins stands holding an electric guitar and wearing a derby hat and business suit. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1985
1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jimmy Dawkins

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Jimmy Dawkins stands holding an electric guitar and wearing a derby hat and business suit. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1985
1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jimmy McCracklin

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Blues singer and pianist Jimmy McCracklin smiles in a close-up photographer. He wears a business suit jacket with embroidered lapels, a wide collared...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Joanna Connor

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Joanna Connor covers part of her face with her right hand as it rests on the body of an electric guitar she is holding on...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Joe Bonamassa

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Joe Bonamassa leans against a concrete wall with peeling paint as he holds a guitar. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1985
2003
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

John Mayall

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British blues musician John Mayall opens his mouth wide to sing into a microphone. He raises his right arm above his head.

Date Published
1985
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (52)

Types

  • photographs (52)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (49)
  • Black & white photographs (47)
  • Gelatin silver prints (47)
  • Portrait photographs (39)
  • Group portraits (13)
  • Color photographs (4)
  • Negatives (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (49)
  • 1991-2000 (18)
  • 2001-2010 (3)

Subjects

  • Singers (35)
  • African American men (33)
  • Guitarists (19)
  • Men, White (19)
  • Bands (Music) (12)
  • Guitar (12)
  • African American women (5)
  • Harmonica players (4)
  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • Blues-rock music (2)
  • Rock musicians (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • Harmonica (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Norwegians (1)
  • Railroad tracks (1)
  • Railroad yards (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • (-) Blues musicians (52)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • New Orleans (La.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dawkins, Jimmy (4)
  • Brooks, Lonnie (3)
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (2)
  • Earl, Ronnie (2)
  • Shaw, Eddie, 1937-2018 (2)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (2)
  • Van Buren, James (2)
  • White, Artie (2)
  • Adams, Alberta (1)
  • Adams, Johnny (1)
  • Baty, Charlie (1)
  • Bland, Bobby (1)
  • Bonamassa, Joe (1)
  • Brewer, Jim, 1920-1988 (1)
  • Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005 (1)
  • Burnside, R. L. (Rural L.), 1926-2005 (1)
  • Connor, Joanna (1)
  • Cray, Robert (1)
  • Davis, Larry, 1936-1994 (1)
  • Davis, Tyrone (1)
  • Fjelle, Espen (1)
  • Forsberg, Jostein (1)
  • Foy, Joel (1)
  • Gomes, Steve (1)
  • Gustafsson, Olav (1)
  • Guy, Buddy (1)
  • Harman, James, 1946- (1)
  • Haugen, Jens (Double bassist) (1)
  • Leewright, Rondo (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • Magic Slim (Musician) (1)
  • Martin, Big Babe (1)
  • Mayall, John (1)
  • McBeth, Ida (1)
  • McClain, Mighty Sam (1)
  • McCracklin, Jimmy, 1921-2012 (1)
  • Moeller, Johnny (1)
  • Morris, Jon, 1955- (1)
  • Neutzler, Wendy (1)
  • Nulisch, Darrell (1)
  • Olson, David (Drummer) (1)
  • Omlid, Morten (1)
  • Ruffner, Mason (1)
  • Salgado, Curtis (1)
  • Sansone, Johnny (1)
  • Tawl Paul (1)
  • Williams, Larry Jr., 1953-1997 (1)
  • Willis, Chick (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (24)
  • 1986 (4)
  • 1995 (4)
  • 1999 (3)
  • 2000 (3)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 2004 (2)
  • 1986-01 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • (-) 1985 (52)

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