Ida McBeth at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2005

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Ida McBeth, wearing a bejeweled pillbox hat, throws her head back and laughs as she stands on stage and holds a certificate which states "Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas. Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival. This certificate is awarded to Ida McBeth, first queen of blues for carrying on the blues heritage in Kansas City, Kansas. [Signed by] Joe Reardon, Mayor/CEO June 26, 2005" during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
June 25, 2005
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ida McBeth - KC St. Blues Fest. 3rd & Parallel. KCKS 6/25/05.