Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard leading a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Ronnie McFadden is playing saxophone on the left end of a row of saxophone players. Kynard is holding music...

Ben Kynard speaking at an unidentified venue. He is talking into a microphone in his hand. Claude Williams is sitting net to him partially off camera. They are on a stage in front of a blue wall.

Ben Kynard, Claude Williams, and Dick Wright at an unidentified venue. Wright is speaking into a microphone in his hand. They are sitting on chairs on a stage in front of a blue wall.

Ben Kynard, Claude Williams, Dean Hampton, and Dick Wright at an unidentified venue. Hampton is standing in front speaking into a microphone in his had. The others are sitting on chairs on a stage in...

Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson and Eddie Saunders performing at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Anderson is playing trumpet while looking up. Saunders is sitting down while playing...

Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson and Elsa Hart posing for a photo at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. They are both smiling and Hart is looking forward. An unidentified man...

Bernard "Step-Buddy" Anderson and Billy G. Moore, Jr., sitting in a restaurant during a show. Anderson is looking at the camera while smiling. Moore is looking to the right and has his hands in the...

Betty Crow and Al "Delightful De" Bartee at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Crow is wearing a purple jacket. Bartee is wearing a brown jacket and vest. Both are looking...

Betty Crow and an unidentified man at a performance on the S.S. Norway Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are looking forward and smiling while standing in front of a table.

Betty Crow and an unidentified woman sitting at a table, possibly at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. The woman on the left is wearing a vest and nametag for the Jazz Ambassadors. Crow is wearing a...

Betty Crow and Bernard "Step Buddy" Anderson in the audience for a show at Obsessions Night Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Both are looking forward and smiling.

Betty Crow and Billie G. Moore, Jr., at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. They are standing with the festival mascot in front of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. Both of them are...

Betty Crow and Billy G. Moore, Jr., standing on a sidewalk. They are standing in front of stores along an unidentified street. Crow is wearing a dark jacket and scarf. Moore is wearing a light suit...

Betty Crow and Elsa Hart with others at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Everyone is sitting around a table and looking forward while smiling. Hart is sitting far right and...

Betty Crow and Elsa Hart on a sightseeing trip in St. Thomas from the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Another woman is standing in the middle with them. All three are looking over a bridge railing.

Betty Crow and Elsa Hart on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Hart is leaning on Crow's shoulder. Both are looking forward and smiling. Crow is wearing a Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors shirt.

Betty Crow and Elsa Hart on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are standing in a hallway with patterned carpet. Crow is wearing a patterned skirt and both are looking forward while smiling.

Betty Crow and Gwen Green at an outdoor event at Betty Crow's house. They are sitting at a long table covered with a white tablecloth. Green is sitting in front, holding a fork over a plate of food...

Betty Crow and L.C. "Speedy" Huggins at a dining table on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise Ship. They are sitting with other unidentified people at a round table. Waiters in white tuxedo jackets are...

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...

Betty Crow at an unidentified social event. She is standing second from right with a group of people at a decorated dining table. Three people are sitting and four are standing. Everyone is looking...

Betty Crow at an unidentified social event. She is standing second from right with a group of people at a decorated dining table. Three people are sitting and four are standing. Everyone is looking...

Betty Crow at an unidentified social event. She is sitting at a dining table wearing a white dress. She is looking up and to the side while smiling.

Betty Crow at an unidentified social event. She is standing in front of a table with a punch bowl and drinking glasses. She is wearing a purple suit and is laughing while holding up one hand.

Betty Crow with others at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. They are sitting, talking, and dining at a table. Crow is sitting on the left. The back wall is covered with mounted art.