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Alejandro Escovedo

Image

Alejandro Escovedo, guitarist and singer, sits in front of a window with an acoustic guitar on his lap and looks off to the left. Printed in the...

Date Published
1998
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Andrew Tosh

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Andrew Tosh, a Jamaican singer, stands and sings into a microphone as he wears a light colored cap slanted to one side, a light colored jacket with...

Date Published
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Andrew Tosh

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Andrew Tosh, a Jamaican singer, sings into a microphone as he wears a hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Andrew Tosh. Artist...

Date Published
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Anthony B

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Jamaican DJ Anthony B in a close-up head-shot photograph where he crosses his arms over his chin to hold each shoulder. His head is wrapped in white...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

Image

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, looks to his left and holds eyeglasses...

Date Published
2000
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

Image

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, bends over looking down while playing a...

Date Published
2000
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

Image

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, raises his hands toward the camera with...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

Image

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, laughs as he hugs his left shoulder. He...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

Image

Senegalese singer, guitarist, and percussionist Baaba Maal looks forward at the camera in a close-up portrait photograph. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1998
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Baaba Maal

Image

Senegalese singer, guitarist, and percussionist Baaba Maal stands on a city sidewalk and looks off as he places both hands with splayed fingers on a...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Beau Jocque

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Zydeco accordionist and vocalist Beau Jocque laughs as he plays an accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Booking: 318-738-2729...

Date Published
1994
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Beau Jocque

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Beau Jocque, accordionist with the Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi Rollers, smiles down slightly to his left while playing an open accordion. He wears a...

Date Published
1994
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buju Banton

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Jamaican reggae musician Buju Banton laughs as he leans against a post with pressed tin tiles attached. His face is partially obscured by the post...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buju Banton

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Jamaican reggae musician Buju Banton looks up through his hair at the photographer. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "photo by Piper...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Burning Spear

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Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear looks down with his mouth open to sing in a head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1986
1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe

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Nigerian singer Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe rests his head on his hand and smiles at the camera. He wears traditional clothing. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Coco Tea

Image

Coco Tea, a Jamaican reggae singer, smiles at the camera in a close-up photograph. He wears a leather hat with a woven brim and a leather jacket with...

Date Published
1998
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Desmond Dekker

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Jamaican reggae vocalist Desmond Dekker looks to his right with a slight smile as he wears a flat cap and a coat with the collar lifted around his...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Djaté

Image

Djaté, reggae singer for Djaté and the Rockers, holds a microphone and closes his eyes as he sings on stage. Another band member is visible behind...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Don Carlos

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Jamaican roots vocalist Don Carlos stands with his left hand on his chin and wearing a dark leather jacket. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Date Published
1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Donovan

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Donovan, a reggae singer from the Caribbean, tips his fedora hat as he wears sunglasses, an open shirt, and a large necklace as he stands outside a...

Date Published
1988
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dr. Sir Warrior

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Dr. Sir Warrior, a Nigerian singer, holds a microphone to his mouth and holds his other hand in the air. Other members of a band are visible behind...

Date Published
1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dr. Sir Warrior

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Dr. Sir Warrior, a Nigerian singer, stands in front of the fence in front of the White House in Washington D.C. He is wearing traditional clothing.

Date Published
1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Edi Kriz Okri (King of African Pop)

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Edi Kriz Okri (King of African Pop) sits with his elbows resting his thighs and brings his hands to his chin to make fists except for his index...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

El Vez

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El Vez, a Mexican American Elvis Presley impersonator, stands in front of a his name in lights as he wears a double-breasted, light-colored business...

Date Published
1995
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Types

  • photographs (76)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (71)
  • Portrait photographs (70)
  • Black & white photographs (68)
  • Gelatin silver prints (68)
  • Color photographs (8)
  • Group portraits (6)
  • Slides (4)
  • Photocopies (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (52)
  • 1981-1990 (29)
  • 2001-2010 (15)

Subjects

  • Black people (58)
  • Reggae musicians (42)
  • Jamaicans (35)
  • Guitarists (13)
  • Music--African influences (6)
  • Nigerians (6)
  • Percussionists (6)
  • Blues musicians (5)
  • Disc jockeys (5)
  • Mexican Americans (5)
  • Accordionists (4)
  • British (4)
  • Celebrity impersonators (4)
  • Musicians (4)
  • Tukulor (African people) (4)
  • Zydeco musicians (4)
  • Creoles (3)
  • Ethnic costume (3)
  • Harmonica players (3)
  • Senegalese (3)
  • Ska (Music) (3)
  • Zimbabweans (3)
  • Accordion (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • South Africans (2)
  • Women (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Boxers (Sports) (1)
  • Cubans (1)
  • Dominicans (1)
  • East Asians (1)
  • Racially mixed people (1)
  • Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) (1)
  • Trinidadians (1)
  • (-) Men (76)
  • (-) Singers (76)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (2)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Maal, Baaba (6)
  • El Vez (4)
  • Scotty, 1951-2003 (4)
  • Yellowman (4)
  • Banton, Pato (3)
  • Mapfumo, Thomas (3)
  • Monque'D, J. (3)
  • Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977 (3)
  • Banton, Buju (2)
  • Butler, Jonathan (2)
  • Cliff, Jimmy (2)
  • Davis, Ronnie, 1950-2017 (2)
  • Jocque, Beau (2)
  • Mutabaruka, 1952- (2)
  • Obinna, Christogonus, 1947-1999 (2)
  • Rose, Michael, 1957- (2)
  • Simien, Terrance (2)
  • Stewart, Tinga (2)
  • Tosh, Andrew (2)
  • U-Roy, 1942- (2)
  • Aitken, Laurel (1)
  • Anthony B. (1)
  • Burning Spear, 1948- (1)
  • Carlos, Don (1)
  • Cocoa Tea (Musician) (1)
  • Dekker, Desmond (1)
  • Doctor, Robert (1)
  • Donovan (Donovan Francis) (1)
  • Escovedo, Alejandro (1)
  • Fashek, Majek (1)
  • Half Pint, 1961- (1)
  • Hinds, Justin (1)
  • Irie, Tippa (1)
  • Leewright, Rondo (1)
  • Minott, Sugar (1)
  • N'Dour, Youssou (1)
  • Nelson, Peter (Reggae singer) (1)
  • Okosuns, Sonny (1)
  • Okri, Edi Kriz (1)
  • Osadebe, Stephen Osita (Chief), 1936-2007 (1)
  • Paul, Frankie (1)
  • Q Shan Dia (1)
  • Richards, Djaté (1)
  • Robinson, Fenton (1)
  • Smith, Roy (Reggae musician) (1)
  • Toots (1)
  • Wellington, Valerie (1)

Date Published

  • 2000 (21)
  • 1991 (14)
  • 2004 (12)
  • 1985 (11)
  • 1995 (8)
  • 1990 (7)
  • 1987 (6)
  • 1998 (6)
  • 2002 (6)
  • 1988 (5)
  • 1994 (5)
  • 2001 (5)
  • 1986 (4)
  • 1996 (4)
  • 1997 (3)
  • 1989 (2)
  • 1992 (2)
  • 1999 (2)
  • 1987-05 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 2005 (1)

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