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Amazing Grace and Roger Naber at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Grand Emporium

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Amazing Grace walks towards Roger Naber, wearing a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar, with open arms during the 20th anniversary...

Date Published
April-24-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Becky Wilson, Christopher Hearne, Jr., and Roger Naber at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Grand Emporium

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Becky Wilson and Christopher Hearne, Jr. present Roger Naber, wearing a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar, a certificate during the 20th...

Date Published
April-24-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Billy Boy Arnold and Roger Naber at the Grand Emporium

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Billy Boy Arnold, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sits at the bar next to the owner, Roger Naber. Both smile at the...

Date Published
December-28-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

George Myers and Roger Naber on the Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise

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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...

Date Published
1993
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

Date Published
July-20-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Herb Palmer and Roger Naber at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Grand Emporium

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Herb Palmer shakes Roger Naber's hand during the 20th anniversary celebration of one of the juke joints in Kansas City called the Grand Emporium...

Date Published
April-24-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Little Hatch and Roger Naber

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Little Hatch, an African American blues harmonica player and singer, smiles and claps behind Roger Naber, the owner who is speaking into the...

Date Published
March-19-1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Marvine McKeithen, Otis Clay, Roger Naber, Dawayne Gilley at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

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Marvine McKeithen, Otis Clay, Roger Naber, Dawayne Gilley stand on the street for a photograph during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-29-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Roger Naber and George Myers with the Maître d and an unidentified woman

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Roger Naber and George Myers, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium, sit on either side of an unidentified white woman, possibly Rene...

Date Published
January-07-1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Roger Naber and Julia Naber celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Grand Emporium

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Roger Naber, wearing a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar, cuts a 20th Anniversary cake with the outline of his face on it, while Julia...

Date Published
April-24-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Roger Naber and two unidentified people at the Elder Statesmen Awards

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Two unidentified people at the Elder Statesmen Awards in Kansas City, Missouri. One man wearing a suit is standing at a podium while looking down...

Date Published
August-21-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Roger Naber receives the Lee Oskar Award at the 25th anniversary of the Grand Emporium

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An unidentified woman presents a plaque of the Lee Oskar Award to Roger Naber during 25th anniversary of one of the juke joints in Kansas City called...

Date Published
April-24-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Roger Naber, George Myers and an unidentified woman

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An unidentified white woman holds a "Promotion of the Year" award for Roger Naber and George Myers work organizing the 1994 Ultimate Rhythm and Blues...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Roger Naber, George Myers and an unidentified woman

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An unidentified white woman holds a "Promotion of the ear" award for Roger Naber and George Myers work organizing the 1994 Ultimate Rhythm and Blues...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Roger Naber, Mary Faith, Brody Buster, and Shannon Curfman at the Grand Emporium

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Brody Buster and Shannon Curfman, national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, stand next to Roger Naber and Mary Faith in front of the signature...

Date Published
November-15-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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

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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

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

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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

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

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Tiny Tim holds his ukulele and smiles down at the camera as he is flanked by Roger Naber (left), and George Myers (right), white male bar owners of...

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

Tiny Tim with Roger Naber, George Myers and fans at the Grand Emporium

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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

Tiny Tim with Roger Naber, George Myers and fans at the Grand Emporium

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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
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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (10)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (9)
  • Betty Crow Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (20)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (10)
  • Color photographs (10)
  • Gelatin silver prints (10)
  • Negatives (2)
  • Photocopies (1)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • Snapshots (1)
  • (-) Group portraits (20)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (18)
  • 2001-2010 (2)

Subjects

  • Men, White (19)
  • Women, White (10)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Management (9)
  • Singers (8)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (7)
  • African American men (6)
  • Musicians (5)
  • Ukulele (5)
  • Blues musicians (4)
  • Promoters (4)
  • Harmonica players (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • African American women (2)
  • Awards (2)
  • Award winners (2)
  • Blues festivals (2)
  • Fans (Persons) (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Music fans (2)
  • Music festivals (2)
  • Ocean liner passengers (2)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Maître d's (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Violinists (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (17)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Myers, George, -1998 (9)
  • Tiny Tim, 1932-1996 (5)
  • Amazing Grace (Singer) (1)
  • Arnold, Billy Boy (1)
  • Buster, Brody, 1984- (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (1)
  • Curfman, Shannon (1)
  • Faith, Mary (Club patron) (1)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (1)
  • Hearne, Christopher, Jr. (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • McKeithen, Marvine (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Naber, Julia (1)
  • Palmer, Herb (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Wilson, Becky (1)
  • (-) Naber, Roger (20)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2002) (1)
  • Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise I (1)
  • Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise II (1)

Date Published

  • 1994-04-12 (5)
  • 1999-04-24 (4)
  • 1995 (2)
  • 1992-08-21 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 1994-01-07 (1)
  • 1999-03-19 (1)
  • 1999-11-15 (1)
  • 1999-12-28 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2002-06-29 (1)
  • 2004-04-24 (1)

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