Bettye Miller and Bartie
Bettye Miller posing for a photo with Bartie outside Ma Baker's Stone Motel. Miller is wearing shorts and a sleeveless blouse. Bartie is wearing a white long sleeved shirt and dark pants.
Bettye Miller and Ketty Lester
Bettye Miller standing with Ketty Lester outside on a patio. Both have jackets on and are smiling at something to the right of the photo. Director style chairs can be seen at the right as well.
Bettye Miller and Milt Abel
Bettye Miller playing piano with Milt Abel playing double bass behind her. Both are looking at the camera.
Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing
Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, bass, performing together. There is a cymbal from a drum set in the foreground of the photo.
Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing
Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass performing in a living room.
Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together
Bettye Miller and Milt Able performing together in what looks like a private home as living room curtains can be seen behind Abel. Both looking at the camera and smiling.
Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together
Bettye Miller and Milt Able performing together in what looks like a private home as living room curtains can be seen behind Abel. Taken at an angle.
Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together
Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, double bass, performing together. Abel is positioned behind Miller who is looking to the right of the photo. Very dark lighting.
Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together
Bettye Miller and Milt Able performing together in what looks like a private home as living room curtains can be seen behind Abel. Photo taken from near keyboard level.
Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together
Bettye Miller and Milt Able performing together in what looks like a private home as living room curtains can be seen behind Abel.
Bettye Miller greeting fans
Bettye Miller greeting fans. She's speaking with a white man and an African American man holding a hat and possibly a performance program looks on.
Bettye Miller in front of a car
Snapshot of Bettye Miller standing in front of a car parked in the lot in front of a large, unidentified, building. She's wearing plaid pants, a jacket, and a headscarf with sunglasses.
Bettye Miller playing organ in a living room
Bettye Miller playing piano in a living room. The top of the piano includes candlesticks and a Jayhawk figurine. She's facing the camera and smiling.
Bettye Miller playing piano
Bettye Miller playing piano with an audience of white men and women behind her and to the side of her. Unidentified event. A small lamp is on the piano and a large column is to the side of the piano.
Bettye Miller playing piano
Bettye Miller playing piano and turning around to look over at the camera. An unidentified bassist (likely Milt Abel) is partially seen next to her. Three audience members (two white women and a white...
Bettye Miller playing piano
Bettye Miller playing piano with an audience of white men and women behind her and to the side of her. Unidentified event. A small lamp is on the piano and a large column is to the side of the piano.
Bettye Miller playing xylophone
Bettye Miller playing a xylophone set up next to her piano. Milt Abel is playing double bass at the right.
Bettye Miller smiling at the camera
Bettye Miller seated at the piano during a performance and turned to the camera smiling. Milt Abel can be seen on bass behind her, also looking at the camera.
Bettye Miller with calla lilies
Bettye Miller standing next to an arrangement of calla lilies. Behind her are two large oxygen tanks and a cylinder with the words "Super Charged" on it. She's standing with her hands behind her back...
Bettye Miller with Milt Abel
Milt Abel, double bass, and Bettye Miller, piano, playing in front of an audience (primarily white men seen). The photo is taken from behind and to the side of Miller and Abel. Abel is wearing a...
Bettye Miller with two men
Bettye Miller sitting between two unidentified men on a curved bench. Plants and flowers are behind them. All looking at the camera.
Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and two other men
Bettye Abel standing with Milt Abel (left) and an unidentified African American man (right) and an unidentified white man seated in front of them. All looking at the camera and laughing.
Bettye Miller, Milt Abel and two others
An unidentified white man, Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and an unidentified African American woman standing in a group together with a big band playing behind them. The unidentified man's eyes are closed...
Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and a third man
Bettye Miller seated with Milt Abel at a table. An unidentified man is crouched down between them and looking directly at the camera. Other people can be partially seen moving around behind them.
Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Rod Padilla
Bettye Miller, piano, Milt Abel, double bass, and Rod Padilla, drums, performing in the lounge of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Two rows of Promotional photos are on the...