Betty Crow Collection

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...

Mike Ning and Mike White at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ning is smiling while playing piano. White is playing saxophone. Others are sitting in front of the stage and...

Mike Ning and Rod May playing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. May is looking forward while playing trumpet. Ning is looking down while playing piano. Other people are...

Mike Ning and Wayne Ruppenthal performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ning is playing piano and Ruppenthal is playing trumpet while looking forward. A drum set is...

Mike Ning with unidentified musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Ning is playing a keyboard on the far right. Various pictures and trinkets are hanging on the...

Mike Parkinson performing at Jardine's on Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing a trumpet while facing forward and closing his eyes. He is standing on a stage in front of an unidentified...

Millie Edwards and Bob Branstetter performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Edwards is looking up and singing into a microphone in her hand. Branstetter is playing bass in back...

Millie Edwards and Bob Branstetter performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Edwards is looking up and singing into a microphone in her hand. Branstetter is playing bass in back...

Millie Edwards performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Edwards is closing her eyes and singing into a microphone while holding her hands in the air. She is on a stage in front...

Milt Abel and Carol Comer performing at the Plaza III at 4749 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, Missouri. Abel is playing bass while looking down. Comer is playing piano while looking up and smiling. She...

Milt Abel and Carol Comer performing at the Plaza III at 4749 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, Missouri. Abel is playing bass while looking down at Comer. Comer is playing piano while looking down and...

Milt Abel speaking with Duke Samuels at a Mutual Musicians House Band rehearsal in Kansas City, Missouri. Abel is standing on the right, wearing a tan jacket and hat. Samuels is wearing a gray jacket.