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 at a show at the Allis Plaza Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Al "Delightful De" Bartee, an unidentified woman, Nelson Farney, Mary Ellen Farney, and Elsa Vest are sitting left to right around...

Audience sitting at tables in the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Elsa Hart is sitting on the right wearing a purple jacket. Others are looking at musicians on stage.

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...

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. They are standing in a hallway with patterned carpet. Crow is wearing a patterned skirt and both are looking forward while smiling.

Bob Green and Elsa Hart sitting in the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Green is wearing a suit jacket and looking to the side. Hart is looking forward and...

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...

Elaine Lally, Bob Green, and Elsa Hart sitting in the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City. Green is pointing forward and all three are smiling. A painting is hanging on the...

Elsa Hart and Betty Crow with unidentified people at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. Crow is standing on the right, wearing a white dress. Hart is sitting in the middle wearing a purple blouse...

Elsa Hart and Betty Crow with an unidentified couple in an unidentified restaurant. They are all looking forward while smiling. Crow is sitting on the right wearing a purple jacket. Hart is standing...

Elsa Hart and Billie G. Moore, Jr., at an outdoor event. They are sitting in folding chairs on a lawn in front of other people sitting or walking around the lawn. Hart is looking to the left and Moore...

Elsa Hart and Mary Ellen Farney on a sightseeing trip in St. Thomas from the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. They are standing with a group of passengers all looking to the left. Farney is on the far...

Elsa Hart and Mary Ellen Farney on a sightseeing trip in St. Thomas from the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. Another woman is standing to the right of them. All three are looking forward and smiling...

Elsa Hart sitting in the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hart is in the center, wearing a purple jacket and white shirt. The audience is looking at musicians...

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 dancing at an outdoor party at Betty Crow's house. Hart is dancing with an unidentified man while laughing and looking up.

Elsa Hart on the Floating Jazz Festival Cruise. She is standing on the deck of the ship, facing forward and smiling. Other passengers are standing against the railing in back. Hart is wearing a white...

Elsa Hart sitting with others at a table outside Betty Crow's house at an outdoor party. Other people are sitting around additional tables in the backyard. Food and drinks are scattered around the...

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...