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Bettye Miller laughing with two people

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Bettye Miller talking and laughing with an unidentified white woman and white man at her birthday party. Other people can be seen in the background.

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller playing piano

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Bettye Miller playing piano with an audience of white men and women behind her and to the side of her. Unidentified event. A small lamp is on the...

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

Bettye Miller playing piano

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Bettye Miller playing piano and turning around to look over at the camera. An unidentified bassist (likely Milt Abel) is partially seen next to her...

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

Bettye Miller playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano with an audience of white men and women behind her and to the side of her. Unidentified event. A small lamp is on the...

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

Bettye Miller reading a note

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Bettye Miller standing while reading a note in her hand. Two unidentified white women are standing beside her and an unidentified man seated on a...

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller speaking with two women

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Bettye Miller speaking with two unidentified white women during her birthday party. One of the women she's speaking with has her head turned away from...

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with friends

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Bettye Miller standing outside the venue her birthday party is being held in with three unidentified African American men and an unidentified white...

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with twelve others around a table

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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, Milt Abel, Lois Robers, and George Nader

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Bettye Miller, seated at a piano with Milt Abel holding his double bass. George Nader is leaning on the piano with Lois Roberts standing next to him...

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

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

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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

Playing to a large audience

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Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, double bass, performing in front of a large crowd of white men and women standing in front of them. Photo taken...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection
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  • Women, White
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977

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  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (11)

Types

  • photographs (11)

Genres

  • Group portraits (11)
  • Snapshots (11)
  • Black & white photographs (7)
  • Gelatin silver prints (7)
  • Color photographs (4)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (4)
  • 1971-1980 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (3)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (11)
  • African American women (11)
  • Jazz musicians (11)
  • Pianists (11)
  • Men, White (8)
  • African American men (7)
  • Piano (5)
  • Audiences (4)
  • Double bassists (4)
  • Musical instruments (4)
  • Double bass (3)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Gay actors (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • LGBTQ actors (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • (-) Women, White (11)

Subjects, People

  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (4)
  • Basso, Terry (1)
  • Nader, George, 1921-2002 (1)
  • Roberts, Lois, 1941- (1)
  • (-) Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (11)

Date Published

  • 1961 (4)
  • 1970 (4)
  • 1976 (4)
  • 1951 (2)
  • 1960 (2)
  • 1956 (1)

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