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Bridges and Smith

Image

Bridges and Smith, a duo comprised of a white woman and a white man, stand outside in front of a fence each holding a guitar. Printed across the...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chris Beard

Image

Blues electric guitarist and vocalist Chris Beard points at the photographer as he holds the neck of a guitar he holds upright. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1998
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

Image

Cotton Candy & So Many Men, a blues band from Kansas City comprised of one African American woman, one African American man, and four white men, sit...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

Image

Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

Image

Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jason D. Williams

Image

Rock pianist and vocalist Jason D. Williams stands on stage behind a microphone with his eyes closed and his mouth wide open. He wears a beige sweater...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Leslie Clemmons

Image

Vocalist Leslie Clemmons stands outdoors smiling as she looks up. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Leslie Clemmons."

Date Published
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Little Mary

Image

Blues singer Little Mary sings into a microphone with her eyes closed in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Handwritten in the margin below the...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Luqman Hamza

Image

Jazz pianist Luqman Hamza smiles into a microphone as he plays a piano. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Luqman Hamza. A.K.A. Larry...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Robert "Bilbo" Walker

Image

Robert "Bilbo" Walker, blues guitarist, does the duck walk down a dirt road as he plays an electric guitar. A Lincoln limousine is parked on the side...

Date Published
1997
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Rocker T

Image

Reggae vocalist Rocker T. faces left in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a turban with Jamaican flag colors in the back twist, sunglasses...

Date Published
1999
2003
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Tiny Tim with an ukulele and a group of people at the Grand Emporium

Image

Tiny Tim holds his ukulele, and smiles at the camera as he is flanked by Roger Naber (left), and George Myers (right), owners of the Grand Emporium in...

Date Published
April-12-1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Unidentified male guitarist performing (top); Unidentified female singer performing (bottom)

Image

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...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Zoe (and the Mofoes)

Image

Zoe, keyboard player and singer of the band, Zoe and the MoFoes, a local Kansas City band, winks her right eye and smiles at the camera in a close-up...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
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  • Grand Emporium Collection (14)

Types

  • photographs (14)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (12)
  • Color photographs (8)
  • Portrait photographs (8)
  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • (-) Photocopies (14)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (11)
  • 2001-2010 (5)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • African American men (7)
  • Blues musicians (7)
  • Men, White (7)
  • Guitarists (6)
  • Women, White (5)
  • African American women (3)
  • Bands (Music) (3)
  • Guitar (3)
  • Bass guitarists (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Management (1)
  • Black people (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Reggae musicians (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Ukulele (1)
  • Women (1)
  • (-) Singers (14)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (3)
  • Beard, Chris, 1957- (1)
  • Clemmons, Leslie (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Little Mary (Blues singer) (1)
  • McKinley, Zoe Elaine Burns, 1957-2013 (1)
  • Myers, George, -1998 (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Rocker T. (T. Sorensen) (1)
  • Tiny Tim, 1932-1996 (1)
  • Walker, Robert, 1937-2017 (1)
  • Williams, Jason D. (1)

Date Published

  • 2000 (5)
  • 1998 (4)
  • 2004 (4)
  • 2001 (2)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1994-04-12 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2003 (1)

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