Walt Bodine Collection

Mary Genevive Bodine, Damien Joseph, and Tommy (background) play on a lawn. Mary leans toward Damien and smiles. Tommy, pictured in profile, walks behind the others. A large house is in the background...

Rebecca Susan Bodine at two weeks old lays on a pillow in a domestic setting. She looks at the camera and appears to be crying. The infant is wrapped in a blanket. A rack of magazines and newspapers...

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 toddler and an unidentified baby look at the camera, smiling. Both are pictured from feet to head and are sitting beside one another. The baby sits in a child carrier. A bookshelf and...

An unidentified woman and an unidentified man work on a news story. This image was perhaps taken during Bodine's time with WDAF. The woman holds a paper which she appears to read from. She holds a...

An unidentified woman stands in an unknown location. She is pictured from approximately knees to head. She holds one hand up to her head, perhaps touching her hair. In her other hand she holds what...

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 accepts the RINDA Award from a presenter on behalf of WDAF. The plaque reads The 12th Annual Awards Competition of the Radio Television News Directors Association Honors WDAF for News...

Walt Bodine and co-workers at WDAF studios. Bodine appears in several of the photos. In the third column, Bodine sits behind a typewriter. He is pictured from approximately chest to head. Bodine also...

Walt Bodine in the studio with a co-worker at WDAF studios. Bodine appears in profile in several of the images on the contact sheet. He stands beside an unidentified co-worker; both men lean over a...

Walt Bodine (center) and Bill Leeds in 1960 Election Promo for WDAF TV. Bodine sits at a desk behind a camera and microphones, looking into the camera, perhaps speaking. The names Kennedy and Nixon...

Walt Bodine (center) and Bill Leeds interview an unidentified man for WDAF's show Insight. All three men are seated and look at the camera, smiling. The guest sits closest to the camera while the two...

Walt Bodine (left) and Bill Leeds interview entertainer Joe E. Lewis (center) on WDAF's show Insight. All three men are seated, looking at the camera, and pictured from approximately waist to head...

Walt Bodine & Bill Leeds interview Missouri Governor John M. Dalton on WDAF's show Insight. All three men are seated, pictured from approximately knees to head. They look at the camera, mostly...

Walt Bodine and Bill Leeds interview Stuart Symington on WDAF's show Insight. All three men sit around a table. Symington is in the foreground while the other two men are in the background. All of the...

Walt Bodine (right) and Bill Leeds on WDAF's show Insight. Both men appear in profile, facing the right side of the image. They appear to be in the process of interviewing an unknown guest on the show...

Walt Bodine, Bill Leeds, and unidentified co-workers at WDAF studios. Bodine appears in the three photos in the left column. He speaks to two unidentified co-workers behind a table and is pictured...

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 (left) and Jean Glenn (right) interview Robert (Bobby) Kennedy. Kennedy and Glenn look in Bodine's direction who appears to be speaking into the microphone. The three figures are pictured...

Walt Bodine (left) and Jean Glenn (right) interview Rock Hudson. The three figures are pictured from approximately chest to head, their faces in profile or three quarter profile. Hudson faces Glenn...

Walt Bodine and other unidentified reporters on a contact sheet at WDAF studios. Bodine appears in 2 images in the third column of the contact sheet-the middle image and the bottommost image. In these...

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 with an unidentified man possibly during his time with WDAF. The two sit at a table, looking at a newspaper. The man on the left of the image holds a pen. Bodine appears to hold a...

Walt Bodine and unidentified newsroom writers most likely in the WDAF studios. Bodine appears with two unidentified newsroom staff in the top left image. Bodine crosses one arm on his chest while the...

Walt Bodine at broadcast with an unidentified man perhaps during his time with WDAF. Bodine is in profile, looking at the man. A microphone is on the table before them. Both men are pictured from...