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Bel Airs with Mark Wenner

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Bel Airs, a blues-rock band from Columbia, Missouri comprised of three white men, perform on the stage of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
May-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bernard Allison playing guitar in the street; outside the Grand Emporium

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison grinning and playing guitar in the street outside the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. He wears a...

Date Published
May-22-1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bobby "Blue" Bland, Denise LaSalle, Buddy Guy, Robert Jr. Lockwood

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A promotional sheet of four portrait photographs of African American blues musicians. From the top left, Bobby "Blue" Bland; top right, Denise LaSalle...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buckwheat Zydeco

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Buckwheat Zydeco, zydeco accordion player and singer, plays an accordion and sings into a microphone on a stage with five other African American...

Date Published
March-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buddy Guy

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Buddy Guy, blues guitarist and singer, stands at the microphone on stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri and looks down and to the left...

Date Published
October-1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Burns' Linwood Tavern's "Exotic" menu board in Kansas City

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"Exotic" menu board for the Burns' Linwood Tavern, 1220 Linwood, Kansas City, Missouri. The menu reads, "EXOTIC. Fried Worms. Grasshoppers. Zaza...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Burns' Linwood Tavern's front door in Kansas City, Missouri

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The front door of Burns' Linwood Tavern at 1220 Linwood, Kansas City, Missouri, advertises it's menu by painting the choices on the glass of the door...

Date Published
July-1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Burns' Linwood Tavern's storefront window in Kansas City, Missouri

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The storefront window of Burns' Linwood Tavern at 1220 Linwood in Kansas City, Missouri. Below an unlit Michelob neon sign, painted on the window in...

Date Published
July-1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cate Brothers

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Cate Brothers [band], twins Earl and Ernie, play rock and roll on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri. Ernie sings into a microphone and...

Date Published
January-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cate Brothers

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The Cate Brothers, twins Earl and Ernie, play on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri. An electric bass guitar player, possibly Ron Eoff...

Date Published
January-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Darrell Nulisch and the Crawl

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Darrell Nulisch, blues harmonica player and singer, stands center stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri and lifts his left hand toward...

Date Published
June-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dynatones

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Dynatones (Acapella), a blues vocal group comprised of five white men, perform on stage at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri. A sign at the...

Date Published
October-1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, saxophone, and Jim Ericson, drums, performing on Thanksgiving Night at the Grand Emporium

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Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, jazz saxophone player, sits on a barstool while performing, and Jim Ericson, drummer, peeks out over his drum set while...

Date Published
November-28-1985
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie Shaw

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Eddie Shaw, Chicago blues saxophone player and singer, performs on the Grand Emporium stage in Kansas City, Missouri with two unidentified African...

Date Published
February-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Fenton Robinson

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Blues guitar player and vocalist Fenton Robinson stands center stage in front of the drum set as he and a band of three African American men play on...

Date Published
January-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Fernest Arceneaux and the Thunders

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Fernest Arceneaux and the Thunders, a zydeco, Cajun music band of five African American men and one white man, perform on the stage of the Grand...

Date Published
April-1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Frankie Lee performing in crowd at the Grand Emporium

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Frankie Lee, a blues, R&B, and soul singer, stands down on the dance floor among the audience, with his mouth wide open as he sings into a microphone...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

George Myers and Roger Naber

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George Myers and Roger Naber, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, holding a "Promotion of the Year" award between...

Date Published
1995
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Grand Emporium Collection

George Myers and Roger Naber

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George Myers and Roger Naber, partners in ownership of the Grand Emporium in Kansas City, Missouri, holding a "Promotion of the Year" award between...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

George Myers and Tiny Tim at the Grand Emporium

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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...

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

George Myers flanked by two unidentified women for Tiny Tim show at the Grand Emporium

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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...

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

George Myers flanked by two unidentified women for Tiny Tim show at the Grand Emporium

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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.

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

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

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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.

Date Published
November-13-1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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

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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...

Date Published
November-13-1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

George Myers holding a handmade "D.U.I. Checkpoint Ahead" sign in Kansas City, Missouri

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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...

Date Published
November-13-1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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  • (-) Grand Emporium Collection (117)

Types

  • photographs (117)

Genres

  • Color photographs (91)
  • Portrait photographs (52)
  • Group portraits (43)
  • Negatives (33)
  • Black & white photographs (26)
  • Gelatin silver prints (26)
  • Publicity photographs (8)
  • Photocopies (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (91)
  • 1981-1990 (28)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (98)
  • Singers (74)
  • Musicians (59)
  • Ukulele (56)
  • Tulips (33)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Management (24)
  • African American men (22)
  • Bands (Music) (19)
  • Blues musicians (19)
  • Guitarists (13)
  • Women, White (13)
  • Fans (Persons) (11)
  • Liquor laws (8)
  • Awards (7)
  • Award winners (7)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (7)
  • Double bassists (6)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (5)
  • Harmonica players (5)
  • Bass guitarists (4)
  • Black people (3)
  • Ethnic costume (3)
  • Keyboard players (3)
  • Men (3)
  • Rock musicians (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Women (3)
  • Accordionists (2)
  • African American women (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Employees (2)
  • Blues-rock music (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Menus (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Twins (2)
  • Zydeco musicians (2)
  • Advertising t-shirts (1)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Alternative rock musicians (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Bartenders (1)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Brand name products (1)
  • City children--Recreation (1)
  • Cocktail servers (1)
  • East Asians (1)
  • Fountains (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Performing arts--Repertoire (1)
  • Puerto Rican men (1)
  • Puerto Ricans--Music (1)
  • Puerto Rican women (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Sculpture (1)
  • Street photography (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Swimming (1)
  • T-shirts (1)
  • Tap dancers (1)
  • Washboards (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • (-) Kansas City (Mo.) (117)

Subjects, People

  • Tiny Tim, 1932-1996 (55)
  • Myers, George, -1998 (23)
  • Naber, Roger (14)
  • Hicks, Bryan (6)
  • Hill, Rich (Keyboard player) (3)
  • Cate, Earl (2)
  • Cate, Ernie (2)
  • Guy, Buddy (2)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (2)
  • Young, Arnie (Drummer) (2)
  • Aber, Tom (1)
  • Allison, Bernard (1)
  • Arceneaux, Fernest (1)
  • Ballard, Hank (1)
  • Baty, Charlie (1)
  • Bland, Bobby (1)
  • Brooks, Lonnie (1)
  • Clarke, William (Harmonica player) (1)
  • Clay, Henry (Harmonica player) (1)
  • Driver, Jason (1)
  • Dural, Buckwheat, 1947-2016 (1)
  • Erickson, Jimmy (Drummer) (1)
  • Foote, Bryan (1)
  • Frizzell, Dwight (1)
  • Funderburgh, Anson (1)
  • Groetzinger, Red (1)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Jethroe, Stacy (1)
  • Johnson, Luther, 1939 April 11- (1)
  • LaSalle, Denise (1)
  • Lee, Frankie (1)
  • Lockwood, Robert Jr., 1915-2006 (1)
  • Mack, Lonnie (1)
  • Meck, Chris (1)
  • Myers, Sam, 1936-2006 (1)
  • Neutzler, Wendy (1)
  • Nulisch, Darrell (1)
  • Robinson, Fenton (1)
  • Seals, Son (1)
  • Shaw, Eddie, 1937-2018 (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)
  • Wellington, Valerie (1)
  • Wenner, Mark (1)
  • Williams, Rich, 1950- (1)
  • Wright, Jack (Musician) (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival (1993) (1)

Date Published

  • 1994-04-12 (60)
  • 1997-11-13 (8)
  • 1995 (7)
  • 1985 (6)
  • 1994 (5)
  • 2000 (5)
  • 1990 (4)
  • 1991 (4)
  • 1987-01 (3)
  • 1986-10 (2)
  • 1987-02 (2)
  • 1987-04 (2)
  • 1987-05 (2)
  • 1988-07 (2)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1985-11-28 (1)
  • 1986-10-31 (1)
  • 1986-11 (1)
  • 1986-12 (1)
  • 1987-03 (1)
  • 1987-06 (1)
  • 1987-07 (1)
  • 1988-08-05 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1993-07-24 (1)
  • 1993-07-25 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1997-01-11 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1998-05-22 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 1999-03-19 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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