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Betty Miller and Milt Abel at a check-in table

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Milt Abel and Bettye Miller standing in front what seems to be a check-in table for an unidentified event. Two older women are seated behind the table...

Date Published
July-1959
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Betty Miller performing on stage

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Bettye Miller playing piano on stage and looking over to the right of the photo. Milt Abel is partially seen playing bass beside the piano. Part of a...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller

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Publicity photo of Bettye Miller seated at piano.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Bettye Miller and Bartie

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Bettye Miller posing for a photo with Bartie outside Ma Baker's Stone Motel. Miller is wearing shorts and a sleeveless blouse. Bartie is wearing a...

Date Published
1961
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Ketty Lester

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Bettye Miller standing with Ketty Lester outside on a patio. Both have jackets on and are smiling at something to the right of the photo. Director...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

Image

Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

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Bettye Miller on piano performing on stage with Milt Abel on double bass next to her.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano with Milt Abel playing double bass behind her. Both are looking at the camera.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel at the zoo

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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel posing together for a photo while at the zoo. Abel has an arm around Miller's shoulders and they're standing in front of a...

Date Published
1958
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel on stage

Image

Bettye Miller on piano with Milt Abel on bass performing together on stage. Part of a drum set can also be seen. Both are smiling widely.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel on stage

Image

Bettye Miller on piano with Milt Abel on bass performing together on stage. Part of a drum set can also be seen.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing

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Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing with an unidentified drummer. A large philodendron is behind the drummer. An extra bow is lying on the piano.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing

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Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass performing in a living room.

Date Published
April-11-1965
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller smiling at the camera while playing piano. Milt Abel is playing double bass behind her. There's a salt shaker on the piano in front of...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller smiling while playing piano and looking over to the right of the photo. Milt Abel is playing double bass behind her. There's a salt...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, double bass, performing together. Abel is positioned behind Miller who is looking to the right of the photo. Very...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Able performing together in what looks like a private home as living room curtains can be seen behind Abel. Both looking at the...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Able performing together in what looks like a private home as living room curtains can be seen behind Abel. Taken at an angle.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Able performing together in what looks like a private home as living room curtains can be seen behind Abel. Photo taken from...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Able performing together in what looks like a private home as living room curtains can be seen behind Abel.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel playing in a living room

Image

Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass performing in a living room. An unidentified African American man is playing drums behind them in the...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and others at a club

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Bettye Miller (third from the left) at a table with four unidentified African American women, an unidentified African American man, and speaking with...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

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Bettye Miller seated at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

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Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (89)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (90)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (90)
  • Snapshots (75)
  • Group portraits (72)
  • Portrait photographs (17)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • (-) Gelatin silver prints (90)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (34)
  • 1961-1970 (26)
  • 1971-1980 (20)
  • 1941-1950 (10)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (89)
  • African American women (88)
  • Jazz musicians (88)
  • Pianists (88)
  • African American men (66)
  • Double bassists (60)
  • Piano (59)
  • Double bass (50)
  • Men, White (33)
  • Musical instruments (28)
  • Drum set (25)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (22)
  • Jazz musicians, White (21)
  • Microphone (11)
  • Porches (9)
  • Women, White (7)
  • Audiences (6)
  • Living rooms (6)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (4)
  • Sound recordings (3)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Vibraphone (2)
  • Academic costume (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Calla lilies (1)
  • Champagne (Wine) (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Fans (Persons) (1)
  • Gay actors (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hand (1)
  • Hispanic Americans (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Jayhawk (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Keyboards (Music) (1)
  • LGBTQ actors (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Motels (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Organ (Musical instrument) (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Philodendrons (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Students (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Television--Receivers and reception (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • Xylophone (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (52)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Basso, Terry (4)
  • Jones, Wallace (Drummer) (2)
  • Lester, Ketty (1)
  • Nader, George, 1921-2002 (1)
  • Padilla, Rod (1)
  • Roberts, Lois, 1941- (1)
  • (-) Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (90)

Date Published

  • 1951 (22)
  • 1960 (22)
  • 1961 (22)
  • 1970 (21)
  • 1971 (19)
  • 1980 (19)
  • 1941 (8)
  • 1950 (8)
  • 1957 (7)
  • 1956 (4)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • 1959-07 (1)
  • 1965-04-11 (1)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1967-05 (1)
  • 1973 (1)

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