Walt Bodine Collection

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 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 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...

Mary Loy Brown in costume as Julie Andrews (left) and Walt Bodine in costume as W.C. Fields (right) at an unknown event. Brown and Bodine sit side-by-side, looking off-camera and smiling. Bodine wears...

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 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...

Walt Bodine, Edwin Meese, and George McGovern (left to right) conduct an episode of The Walt Bodine Show in the studio on KCUR. McGovern is speaking, perhaps laughing, while the other men listen. A...

Walt Bodine (foreground) conducts an episode of The Walt Bodine Show in the studio on KCUR. Three people sit across a desk from Bodine, from left: Edwin Meese (speaking), George McGovern, and an...

Walt Bodine conducts an episode of The Walt Bodine Show in the studio on KCUR. Four people sit across from Bodine behind microphones at a desk, from left: Edwin Meese (speaking), George McGovern. Two...

Walt Bodine conducts an episode of The Walt Bodine Show in the studio on KCUR. Four people sit across from Bodine behind microphones at a desk, from left: Edwin Meese, George McGovern (speaking...

Walt Bodine conducts an episode of The Walt Bodine Show in the studio on KCUR. Four people sit across from Bodine behind microphones at a desk. Clockwise from left: George McGovern (speaking)...