Walt Bodine Collection

Bill Leeds and Walt Bodine interview an unidentified African American man on WDAF's show Insight. Bodine and Leeds appear in three quarter profile; all figures are pictured from approximately waist to...

Five unidentified white men, one in military uniform. The men stand in a row, each with their hands held in front. Each man looks at the camera, smiling. A building, perhaps a house is seen in the...

A Group of KPRS station newsmen and staffers (white men, one African American man) with humorous captions imposed. The group of men stand behind desks, and most appear to look at the camera, posing...

Jim Pritchett, Larry Wagner, Walt Bodine, John Masterman, and Jack Barry pose for the cover of Kansas City Town Squire. Most of the men are pictured from chest to head. Some smile at the camera while...

Unidentified newsroom writers most likely at WDAF studios. In the left column of photos unidentified writers work on typewriters. A man, pictured from approximately waist to head, looks downward at...

An unidentified white man creating an illustration. The young man is seated with his painting and board on his lap. He is pictured from approximately knees to head. He looks off-camera, perhaps at the...

Walt and Bernadine Bodine are at social event. Bodine takes a plate of food offered by another person and smiles at him. Bodine is pictured approximately waist to head. Bernadine Bodine is in the left...

Walt Bodine and Bill Griffith interview Martin Luther King, Jr. on WDAF's show Insight. All three men sit around a table, pictured from approximately knees to head. King is in the foreground, looking...

Walt Bodine at a military airport. Bodine faces the camera, smiling. He is pictured from approximately waist to head. Military planes are behind him.

Walt Bodine at a military airport. Bodine faces the camera, smiling. He is pictured from approximately waist to head. Military planes and automobiles are behind him.

Walt Bodine (left) at the Panama Canal with an unidentified white man. Both smile, looking at the camera. They are pictured from approximately waist to head. A ship appears in the background between...

Walt Bodine at the Panama Canal. Bodine looks at the camera, perhaps squinting from the sun. He is pictured approximately chest to head. A ship is behind him coming through the Panama Canal.

Walt Bodine at the Panama Canal. Bodine leans against a railing, pictured approximately waist to head. Ships are behind him, to the left of the image. Bodine looks into the camera, perhaps squinting...

Walt Bodine broadcasts in studio. He wears a headset and sits behind a microphone. A telephone is on the table before him. Bodine is pictured from approximately chest to head. He is looking to the...

Walt Bodine descends from a carriage at an unidentified location. He is pictured from feet to head and looks downward. The carriage appears to be located in a field. Trees are in the background.

Walt Bodine stands Downtown with the Kansas City skyline behind him. Bodine looks at the camera, smiling slightly, and is pictured from approximately waist to head. One hand is on a railing. In the...

Walt Bodine in flight with USAF to the Panama Canal. Bodine looks into the camera, smiling. He is seated, holding a beverage in one hand. An unidentified white man is seen reading a newspaper in the...

Walt Bodine speaking in front of microphones at an unknown event. Bodine is pictured approximately chest to head. A wood paneling background with decorative designs is seen behind him.

Walt Bodine speaking in front of microphones at an unknown event. Bodine is pictured approximately chest to head in 3 quarter profile. A wood paneling background with decorative designs is seen behind...

Walt Bodine while broadcasting in the studio, likely during his time at KCUR. Bodine wears headphones as he speaks into a microphone. He is seated at a table and looks down, perhaps at a piece of...

Walt Bodine with mother Mary Bodine (right) and wife Geraldine Bodine (left) in formal wear. The three look at the camera, smiling for the picture. All are pictured standing, from approximately waist...