Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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 in her wedding dress with the groom Milt Abel and drummer Terry Basso on either side of her. All are holding small glasses for a toast. Miller and Basso are looking toward the camera...

Bettye Miller, seated at a piano with Milt Abel holding his double bass. George Nader is leaning on the piano with Lois Roberts standing next to him. Miller and Abel are looking at the camera, Roberts...

Unidentified men and women at the Stein & Sirloin bar. A white woman is standing next to a seated white man with a drink in front of him at the left and on the right a seated African American woman is...

Milt Abel with his dog, Yogi, in a living room with Bill Drybread and his dog. Both dogs are Great Danes. A young boy is crouched down beside Drybread's dog and the arm of another child is just seen...

Milt Abel playing bass in front of a microphone. Photo taken from the side with members of the audience shown (white men and women). The woman at the far left is smoking a cigarette.

Milt Abel playing bass with a microphone on a stand in front of him. The photo is taken from the behind an audience, of which two members' heads are seen. They have drinks on a table in front of them.

Promotional photograph of "The 3 Pros," Sonny, Bob, Rashi. They're posing with instruments and all are wearing suits.

Promotional photograph of Donald W. Stauffer, U.S. Navy Band Leader. He's wearing a dress uniform and seated with a score and conductors baton.

Harold Ensley, television and radio host, standing in front of a Ford station wagon. Lettering on the car reads "Harold Ensley Ford Show ; Ford dealers Kansas City area ; 'The Sportsman's friend'...

Promotional photograph of Jerry Willis holding his saxophone and looking over to the left of the photo.

Promotional photo of Jerry Willis. He's turned partly to the left of the camera and is partly in shadows.

Promotional photograph of The Aristons. The woman is standing between the two men who are seated casually on pillars.

Promotional photo of two white men seated at a piano with both their hands on the keyboard and looking over to the side. One is named Harold.

Promotional photo of an unidentified trio of white men in suits examining a score together.