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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 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 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

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

Image

"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

Image

"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheathams Jazz Showcase

Image

Photo of Jimmy Cheatham leading a band at the Musicians Club in Buffalo, New York with Gene Lee in a white jacket singing at a microphone; Jimmy's...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Children in the hospital classroom

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Unidentified white female teacher standing at a piano in the hospital's classroom with children (all white girls and boys) lined up in a semi-circle...

Date Published
May-28-1952
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Employees at a presentation dinner

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Katherine Wilson, Children's Mercy Hospital School Principal far left holding an award or certificate, with Ardis Wilmore, Director of Nursing, and...

Date Published
February-01-1954
February-28-1954
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Gene Austin playing piano and singing

Image

Gene Austin playing piano and singing for patients (white girls and boys) and other visitors (African American and white women and a white man) around...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Holiday photo of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

Image

Holiday photo of Bettye Miller playing piano while facing the camera and Milt Abel playing bass behind her. A sign on the back of the piano reads...

Date Published
1957
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Holiday promotional image of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

Image

Holiday promotional image of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel. Miller is wearing a white gown and holding a small piano on a tray in one outstretched hand...

Date Published
1957
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Holiday promotional image of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

Image

Holiday promotional image of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel. Miller is wearing a white gown and holding a small piano on a tray in one outstretched hand...

Date Published
1957
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Holiday promotional photo of Bettye Miller and Milt Abel

Image

Holiday promotional photo of Bettye Miller playing piano with Milt Abel playing bass behind her. The image has been tilted back to the left for effect...

Date Published
1957
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Jazz band

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Unidentified jazz ensemble with singer performing; all African Americans and includes a double bassist, drummer, pianist and woman singer in front of...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie, Jimmy, and a dog

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Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a "Southern California Dog Magazine" cover with a white dog; Jimmy is wearing a red hat, laughing, and holding...

Date Published
March-1996
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

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  • Piano
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (24)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (5)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (3)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (3)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (2)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (1)
  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (41)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (38)
  • Gelatin silver prints (38)
  • Group portraits (29)
  • Snapshots (23)
  • Portrait photographs (12)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Promotional photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Slides (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (41)

Subjects

  • Pianists (33)
  • African American jazz musicians (31)
  • Jazz musicians (31)
  • African American women (28)
  • Double bassists (23)
  • Double bass (22)
  • African American men (21)
  • Musical instruments (16)
  • Men, White (14)
  • Microphone (14)
  • Drum set (13)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (12)
  • Jazz musicians, White (10)
  • Porches (9)
  • Band directors (5)
  • Trombone (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • Women pianists (4)
  • African American band directors (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Saxophone (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Women jazz musicians (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Children--Hospital care (2)
  • Cigarette smokers (2)
  • Hospital patients (2)
  • Salt shakers (2)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Sound studios (2)
  • Wheelchairs (2)
  • African American couples (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (1)
  • Birdcages (1)
  • Bouquets (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Classrooms (1)
  • Cribs (Children's furniture) (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Drag queens (1)
  • Drag shows (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Gay bars (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Hospitals--Employees (1)
  • Letters (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Mutes (Music) (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Orthopedic braces (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Teachers (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) Piano (41)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • White gay men (1)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)

Subjects, People

  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (24)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (11)
  • Brown, Corky (9)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (4)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (4)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (3)
  • Crump, Bob (3)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (3)
  • Lee, Gene (3)
  • Legge, Jimmy (3)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (3)
  • Shareef, Museyf (3)
  • Shepard, Elvin (3)
  • Durrett, Warren (2)
  • Arnold, Skip (1)
  • Austin, Gene, 1900-1972 (1)
  • Basso, Terry (1)
  • Koerper, Karl, 1901-1957 (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)
  • Walker, Alice (Nurse) (1)
  • Wilmore, Ardis (1)
  • Wilson, Katherine (Educator) (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (25)
  • 1960 (25)
  • 1957 (9)
  • 1959 (3)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1952-05-28 (1)
  • 1954-02-01 (1)
  • 1954-02-28 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • 1959-11 (1)
  • 1996-03 (1)

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