Walt Bodine Collection

Bernadine Bodine sits in a living room. She is seated in a large chair, facing the camera and smiling. Bodine is pictured approximately from waist to head. A lamp, staircase railing, and coat are in...

Bernadine Bodine (left) with Tom, Mary, Damien (?), and Rebecca (?) Bodine. The family sits in a living room. All members of the family look at the camera, pictured from approximately waist to head...

Bill Leeds (right) and an unidentified man (left) work at the WDAF station. Leeds smokes a cigarette. The unidentified man drinks a bottle of Coca-Cola in one image and rests his head on his hand in...

Bill Leeds and Walt Bodine interview Adlai Stevenson possibly for WDAF. The three figures are pictured from approximately waist to head. Leeds (left) and Bodine (right) are in profile while Stevenson...

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...

Bill Leeds and Walt Bodine interview Dean Acheson on WDAF's show Insight. Bodine and Leeds appear in three quarter profile, seated with their backs towards the camera. All figures are pictured from...

Bill Leeds and Walt Bodine interview people on the street for WDAF. Leeds appears to be in conversation with a person in a crowd. He is pictured in profile from feet to head. Bodine appears behind a...

Bill Leeds and Walt Bodine interview Thomas Hart Benton on WDAF's show Insight. Leeds and Bodine sit in the background. Both smile broadly for the camera. Bodine is pictured from approximately waist...

Four publicity pictures of Walt Bodine on 1 contact sheet. Bodine is pictured from approximately chest to head in each photo, facing the camera. He has slight smiles in some pictures but not in others...

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...

Harry S. Truman sits at a desk in an autographed photograph of himself. The former president faces the camera, smiling, with his hands folded on his lap. He is pictured approximately from waist to...

Harry S. Truman writes on a piece of paper while seated at a desk. The former president is pictured from approximately waist to head, and his face appears in three quarter profile. He looks downward...

Marty Bodine stands in the living room. He is dressed in a suit perhaps for high school prom. He looks at the camera, smiling, pictured from approximately knees to head. He wears a pink carnation...

Marty Bodine sits in a living room setting. The young man looks at the camera and is pictured from approximately waist to head. A window and curtains are in the background.

Marty Bodine, Mary Bodine, and Tom Bodine touring Manhattan Island, NY. Marty rests his hand on Mary's shoulder. The latter stands with her arms folded. All three look at the camera, posing for the...

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 young girl sits on a chair in a living room. She looks at the camera and smiles broadly, pictured from feet to head. A staircase railing is in the background.

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 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 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 (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...