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Betty Miller and Milt Abel at a check-in table

Image

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

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel at the zoo

Image

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 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 trio playing on a porch

Image

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man, likely Milt Abel, on double...

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

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing 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

Bettye Miller in a hotel room

Image

Bettye Miller standing next to a large television set in a hotel room. She's wearing a black dress with pearls and facing the camera, smiling.

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

Bettye Miller in a trio

Image

Bettye Miller on piano, Milt Abel on bass, and an unidentified white man on drums, performing. Miller is facing the camera and the drummer's face is...

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

Bettye Miller playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano. A curtain is close behind her and a microphone is set up in front of her. She's turned to the camera and smiling.

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

Bettye Miller signing a copy of her album

Image

Bettye Miller autographing her LP while holding against the shoulder of an unidentified white man. Five other unidentified white men are line up...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

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

Bettye Miller Trio posing for a photo with their album

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Members of the Bettye Miller Trio (Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso) behind the desk of an unidentified white man posing for a photo with...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller Trio receiving a copy of their album

Image

Members of the Bettye Miller Trio (Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and Terry Basso) behind the desk of an unidentified white man receiving their album "A...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with Milt Abel

Image

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel standing together in a carpeted room between two curtained windows. Miller is wearing a stole with corsage. Abel is...

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

Bettye Miller with twelve others around a table

Image

Bettye Miller (standing, center) with twelve unidentified others (African American and white men and women) around a table in a club or restaurant...

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

Bettye Miller, Terry Basso, and Milt Abel with large group

Image

Betty Miller with Terry Basso and Milt Abel posing for a picture with a large group of other performers. One group is wearing black and white striped...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bob, Leata, and LaRue go for a stroll

Image

Bob, Leata and LaRue walking arm-in-arm along an outdoor wooded trail. Bob is taking a drink. All three have hats with wide brims.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Buck Clayton and Patricia Hinton plugging their ears as Allan McMillan plays trumpet

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Buck Clayton and Patricia Hinton plugging their ears as Allan McMillan plays trumpet.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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  • African American women
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (36)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (24)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (7)
  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (4)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (3)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (3)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (83)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (79)
  • Gelatin silver prints (79)
  • Group portraits (57)
  • Snapshots (51)
  • Portrait photographs (19)
  • Publicity photographs (5)
  • Color photographs (4)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Film transparencies (1)
  • Stereographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (7)
  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (83)

Subjects

  • African American men (46)
  • Jazz musicians (44)
  • African American jazz musicians (43)
  • Pianists (38)
  • Piano (28)
  • Double bassists (26)
  • Men, White (24)
  • Double bass (18)
  • Musical instruments (16)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (14)
  • Jazz musicians, White (13)
  • Women, White (12)
  • Drum set (10)
  • Microphone (10)
  • Porches (9)
  • African American children (7)
  • Nurses (6)
  • Children, White (5)
  • College students (5)
  • Teachers (5)
  • Hospital patients (4)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (4)
  • Women singers (4)
  • Automobiles (3)
  • Children--Hospital care (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Sound recordings (3)
  • Television talk show hosts (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Boys (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Entertainers (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Hospitals--Employees (2)
  • Hotels (2)
  • Literature--Societies, etc. (2)
  • Military uniforms (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Older women (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (2)
  • Television programs (2)
  • Wheelchairs (2)
  • African American mothers (1)
  • African American teenage girls (1)
  • Afternoon teas (1)
  • Apartment houses (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Birdcages (1)
  • Boats and boating (1)
  • Bouquets (1)
  • Children's parties (1)
  • Christmas (1)
  • Christmas decorations (1)
  • Cribs (Children's furniture) (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Dolls (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Drum majorettes (1)
  • Easter decorations (1)
  • Evening gowns (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Handbags (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Hospital administrators (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Liberians (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Music journalists (1)
  • Older men (1)
  • Orthopedic braces (1)
  • Parades (1)
  • Public telephones (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Sailors (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Seminarians (1)
  • Storefronts (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Television--Receivers and reception (1)
  • Thatched buildings (1)
  • Toddlers (1)
  • Trails (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Vending machines (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Waiting rooms (1)
  • Wheelbarrows (1)
  • Women's hats (1)
  • (-) African American women (83)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (8)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (4)
  • Europe (1)
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Liberia (1)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (34)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (17)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Basso, Terry (4)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (3)
  • Buckner, Milt (3)
  • Edwards, Ralph, 1913-2005 (3)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (3)
  • Lutcher, Nellie (3)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Foster, Curtyse (2)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (2)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (2)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (2)
  • Austin, Gene, 1900-1972 (1)
  • Bales, Ruby (1)
  • Bryant, Betty, 1929- (1)
  • Clark, Ed (Photographer) (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Gayten, Paul, 1920-1991 (1)
  • Hinton, Patricia (1)
  • Jensen, Iris (1)
  • Johnson, Rosa B. (1)
  • McMillan, Allan W., 1900-1991 (1)
  • Oldham, Eva (1)
  • Shaw, Joan (Vocalist) (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Weaver, Margaret (1)
  • Wright, John M., 1867- (1)
  • Wright, Josephine, 1876- (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (47)
  • 1960 (46)
  • 1957 (8)
  • 1956 (4)
  • 1952 (3)
  • 1952-12-31 (3)
  • 1958 (3)
  • 1959 (3)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1947 (2)
  • 1949 (2)
  • 1953-09 (2)
  • 1905-05-13 (1)
  • 1954-01-01 (1)
  • 1954-08-03 (1)
  • 1954-12-31 (1)
  • 1957-01 (1)
  • 1958-08-12 (1)
  • 1959-04 (1)
  • 1959-07 (1)
  • 1960-10 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1962 (1)
  • 1970 (1)

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