Betty Crow Collection

Ben Kynard and Marcellus Lee at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing in the center, wearing a blue suit and laughing. Lee is standing on the right...

Ben Kynard and Oliver Todd at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing and looking to the right. He is wearing a blue suit and smiling. Todd is standing...

Ben Kynard standing at the front of a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is wearing a blue track suit and is smiling at musicians off-camera. The back wall...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is closing his eyes while turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. An...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. Al "Delightful De" Bartee is...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. Al "Delightful De" Bartee is...

Ben Kynard playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is closing his eyes while turning to the side and is wearing a tan jacket. Al...

Ben Kynard at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Kynard is standing among audience members in a blue suit and tie. A table with refreshments is behind him.

Ben Kynard leading a rehearsal at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. He is standing in front of a row of musicians playing saxophones. Everyone is looking at music or up at...

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...

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 with two unidentified men at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. All three are smiling and looking forward.

Bill Cox and Cowboy Raymond Jones resting between construction at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Cox and Jones are sitting at a table and looking forward and smiling. Cox is...

Bill Cox and Cowboy Raymond Jones standing over a hole in the floor at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Cox is standing over the hole and looking down. Jones is standing on...

Bill Cox painting a ceiling during construction at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Cox is looking up while holding an extended paint roller. He is wearing a blue hat and...

Bill Cox painting a wall during construction at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Cox is kneeling behind a metal ladder while spreading white paint below an electrical box and...

Bill Cox painting a wall during construction at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Cox is kneeling while spreading white paint below an electrical box and outlet.

Bill Cox standing in the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Cox is wearing a plaid shirt and holding an extended length paint roller. Cox is looking forward and giving a goofy frown...

Bill Cox standing in the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Cox is wearing a plaid shirt and holding an extended length paint roller. Cox is looking forward and smiling.

Bill Cox working on repairs during construction work at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Cox is facing away from the camera and is holding an unidentified tool in his right...

Bill Cox working on the floor of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Cox is sitting on an unfinished floor in an open doorway and is holding a wooden plank.

Bill Cox working on the floor of the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Cox is sitting on an unfinished floor in an open doorway and is holding a wooden plank.

Bill Saunders playing saxophone at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Saunders is wearing a gray patterned sweater and is looking to the side while playing.

Billie G. Moore, Jr., at the Blue Room. He is wearing a red shirt and blue jacket, looking down and to the right. Mama Ray is standing in the back near a speaker.

Billie G. Moore, Jr., at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Moore is wearing a suit and striped tie. He is looking down and the right and he is standing in front of...