Betty Crow Collection

Elsa Hart sitting with an unidentified woman at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. They are sitting in front of several booth tables and are both smiling.

Elsa Hart with unidentified people at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. Hart is standing second from left. Everyone is standing around a table covered with flowers and ice cream.

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...

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...

Three unidentified people standing in line for autographs from Dorothy Donegan at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Elsa Hart is standing in the back by a wall, wearing a purple jacket...

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.