Betty Crow Collection

The Marching Cobras performing in front of a large crowd at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. People are standing around a group of young women wearing cheer leading outfits while walking along a...

The Marching Cobras performing in front of a large crowd at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. People are standing around a group of young men playing drums while walking along a path. They are on a...

Marsha Bland and Sonny Kenner at an event at Betty Crow's house. Bland is dancing on the patio, wearing a brown outfit. Kenner is playing electric guitar, wearing a red shirt. Furniture and flowers...

Marsha Bland dancing in an unidentified venue. She is dancing in front of a speaker on a stand in a room with miscellaneous equipment. She is wearing a yellow shirt and hat with sunflower.

Marsha Bland dancing in an unidentified venue. She is dancing in front of a speaker on a stand in a room with miscellaneous equipment. She is wearing a yellow shirt and hat with sunflower.

Marsha Bland dancing in an unidentified venue. She is dancing in front of a speaker on a stand in a room with miscellaneous equipment. She is wearing a yellow shirt and hat with sunflower.

Marsha Bland dancing in an unidentified venue. She is dancing in front of a speaker on a stand in a room with miscellaneous equipment. She is wearing a yellow shirt and hat with sunflower.

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 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 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 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 other passengers sitting at a table on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Farney is on the right. They are sitting in an audience during a performance. They are smiling an...

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...

Mary McMahon singing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man is playing saxophone behind her. An unidentified woman is sitting at a table in front.

Mary McMahon singing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Milt Abel is playing bass in back. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging on the brick wall.

Mayor Richard Berkley and Billy G, Moore, Jr., at the Elder Statesmen Awards in Kansas City, Missouri. They are looking forward and smiling. Berkley is wearing a dark suit and striped tie. Moore is...

Men and women dancing in several lines, facing multiple directions. The men are wearing white outfits and white hats. The women are wearing patterned skirts and while blouses. Everyone is kneeling...

Men and women dancing in two lines, facing away from each other. The men are wearing white outfits and white hats. The women are wearing multi-colored skirts with embroidered blouses. They are on a...

Men dancing in a circle. They are wearing embroidered pants and tunics. They are also wearing large headdresses with multi-colored feathers. They are on a checkered floor with open archways on all...

Men dancing in a circle. They are wearing embroidered pants and tunics. They are also wearing large headdresses with multi-colored feathers. They are on a checkered floor with open archways on all...