Betty Crow Collection

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

Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Elsa Hart at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is wearing a black suit and vest. Hart is wearing a purple jacket. Both are looking forward and...

Audience sitting at tables in the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Elsa Hart is sitting in the center, wearing a purple jacket. Al "Delightful De" Bartee is sitting on the...

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...

Dorothy Donegan and Elsa Hart at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Hart is standing next to Donegan, looking forward and smiling.

Dorothy Donegan signing an autograph for an unidentified woman at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Elsa Hart and Al "Delightful De" Bartee are standing nearby. Donegan is wearing a...

Elsa Hart dancing at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. Hart is dancing with an unidentified man while looking up and smiling. Several unidentified musicians are sitting behind a piano.

Elsa Hart sitting with a group of unidentified people at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hart is sitting fourth from left wearing a purple jacket. They are sitting...

Elsa Hart sitting with a group of unidentified people at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hart is sitting on the left wearing a purple jacket. They are sitting between...

Elsa Hart, Betty Crow, Milt Abel II, Milt Abel, and Chloe Abel sitting left to right during a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Everyone is looking up and smiling. They...

Elsa Hart, Billie G. Moore, Jr., and an unidentified woman at the Liberty Memorial Jazz Festival. All three are looking forward and smiling. They are sitting in folding chairs in front of others also...

Jazz musicians and family at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Chloe Abel sitting on the ground in a pink sweater, Milt Abel standing and wearing a...

Jazz musicians at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Milt Abel standing and wearing a tan jacket, Al "Delightful De" Bartee sitting in front and...

Jazz musicians performing at an event at the Radisson Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Dwight Foster looking to the side while holding a saxophone, Al Bartee playing drums, an...

Musicians and friends posing for a photo at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Jay McShann, Al Bartee, and Elsa Hart. Everyone is looking forward and smiling...

Musicians and friends posing for a photo at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Ben Kynard, Elsa Hart, Al Bartee, Ronnie McFadden, Betty Crow, Jay McShann...

An unidentified dancer, Al "Delightful De" Bartee, and Elsa Hart standing left to right behind a drum set. They are looking forward and smiling. Hart is holding drum sticks in her hands.