Betty Crow Collection

Audience at a show at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Al "Delightful De" Bartee, an unidentified woman, Nelson Farney, Mary Ellen Farney, and Elsa Vest are sitting left to right around...

Betty Crow and Mary Ellen Farney at the 18th & Vine Heritage Jazz Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. They are standing with an unidentified man. Crow is wearing a sombrero and white shirt with a Jazz...

Elsa Hart and Mary Ellen Farney on a sightseeing trip in St. Thomas from the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are standing with a group of passengers all looking to the left. Farney is on the far...

Elsa Hart and Mary Ellen Farney on a sightseeing trip in St. Thomas from the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Another woman is standing to the right of them. All three are looking forward and smiling...

Mary Ellen Farney and Betty Crow on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are standing on the deck of the ship overlooking the ocean. Crow is on the right, wearing sunglasses. Both are looking...

Mary Ellen Farney and Elsa Hart with other passengers on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Farney is on the far right and Hart is second from left. All four are sitting on a couch and are looking...

Mary Ellen Farney and Elsa Hart with other passengers on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Farney is on the far right and Hart is second from left. All four are sitting on a couch and are looking...

Mary Ellen Farney and Elsa Hart with another passenger on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Farney is on the left and Hart is on the right. All three are sitting at a table and looking forward while...

Mary Ellen Farney and Elsa Hart on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are leaning against a railing on the deck of the ship. Farney is on the left, wearing a blue shirt. Hart is on the right...

Mary Ellen Farney and Nelson Farney at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. They are sitting far left with unidentified people at a table covered with food and drink. They are looking forward and...

Mary Ellen Farney and another passenger on a sightseeing trip in St. Thomas from the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Farney is on the right, looking up at the camera and smiling. They are on a dock by...

Mary Ellen Farney and other passengers on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Farney is wearing a blue shirt with a logo for the Kansas City Jazz Festival. She and a woman on the left are looking...

Mary Ellen Farney and other passengers on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are sitting on the edge of a pool on the deck of the ship. Farney is sitting on the left. Everyone is looking at...

Mary Ellen Farney with Michael Rolff posing for a photo at the Elder Statesmen Awards in Kansas City, Missouri. They are both looking forward and smiling. They are in a retail store standing in front...

Nelson Farney, Betty Crow, and Mary Ellen Farney at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. They are sitting around a table with drinks, looking up at the camera and smiling.

Nelson Farney, Mary Ellen Farney, and Elsa Hart at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. They are sitting in the audience during a show. All three are looking forward and smiling. Hart is...

People on a sightseeing trip in St. Thomas from the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Mary Ellen Farney is on the sidewalk with others next to taxis driving down the street. Farney is wearing a white...