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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

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

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

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
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  • African American men
  • Naber, Roger

Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (3)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (6)

Genres

  • Group portraits (6)
  • Black & white photographs (4)
  • Gelatin silver prints (4)
  • Color photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (5)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (6)
  • Singers (4)
  • Blues musicians (3)
  • Promoters (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Management (2)
  • Blues festivals (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Music festivals (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Ukulele (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • (-) African American men (6)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Myers, George, -1998 (2)
  • Tiny Tim, 1932-1996 (2)
  • Arnold, Billy Boy (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (1)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • McKeithen, Marvine (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • (-) Naber, Roger (6)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2002) (1)

Date Published

  • 1994-04-12 (2)
  • 1999-03-19 (1)
  • 1999-12-28 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2002-06-29 (1)

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