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 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 and Dr. Martin Luther King sit at a table and look into the camera for a publicity photograph of King's appearance on the WDAF show Insight. King's face is pictured; Bodine appears from...

Walt Bodine and Jean Glenn broadcast at a WDAF studio. The two are seated at a desk and speak in a microphone before them. A telephone and other broadcast equipment are on the table. Glenn holds a pen...

Walt Bodine and Randall Jessee stand at a podium during an event for the 1954 United Campaign. Both men look at the camera, smiling, and are pictured approximately from knee to head. A banner on the...

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 conversation at a social gathering with unidentified people. Bodine appears in three quarter profile, pictured from waist to head. He holds a glass in one hand and gesticulates with the...

Walt Bodine poses for a photo. He is pictured from approximately chest to head, smiling slightly, and looks directly into the camera. His shoulders are cropped out of the picture. He is in formal...

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...