Walt Bodine Collection

An unidentified young boy holds a black kitten. The boy stands in a grassy lot with a gravel road and mobile homes parked behind him. The young man looks at the camera, smiling, and is pictured from...

A group of kids and two adults at Kaleidoscope, Hallmark Center poses for a photo. The group is divided into two rows, the front most seated on the ground while the row in the background stands. Many...

An unidentified couple perhaps from a Bodine vacation. The two look at the camera, smiling, and are pictured approximately from feet to head. A building and trees are behind them.

An unidentified couple perhaps on vacation with Walt and Bernadine Bodine. The man has his arm around the woman. The two look at the camera, smiling, pictured from approximately chest to head...

An unidentified couple perhaps on vacation with Walt and Bernadine Bodine. The two sit outside what could be a hotel. The woman wears a Union Station The Spirit of Kansas City T-shirt. They are...

An unidentified couple sits on a coach with a baby. The baby is in the woman's lap. The man looks at the camera, smiling, with his arm around the woman. The woman holds the baby's hands. All figures...

An unidentified crowd at a dining event is seated around a table. One man on the left of the image stands with a microphone, addressing the crowd. Some audio equipment appears on the right of the...

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 young white baby in costume lays on a bed with printed pillows and a yellow blanket. The baby gazes upward and holds its hands outward. The baby is pictured from feet to head and wears...

A portrait of an unidentified young boy, perhaps a school photo. The boy smiles and gazes slightly off camera. He is pictured approximately from chest to head.

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...

An unidentified young man holds a baby. Another person's arm in the right of the photo pulls up the baby's hood. The man is seen in profile smiling down at the baby. He is pictured from approximately...

An unknown location perhaps from a Bodine vacation. A large tree is featured in the center of the image. Buildings and automobiles are also seen along the street. It's somewhere warm as a palm tree is...

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 and Bernadine Bodine are at a social event speaking to an unidentified man. Bodine appears in three quarter profile, pictured from knees to head. Bernadine looks at the unknown man, also pictured...

Walt (center) and Bernadine Bodine with an unidentified woman perhaps on vacation. The three look into the camera, smiling for the photo. Walt has his arms around the two women, both of whom wear...

Walt and Mary Bodine at a social gathering, perhaps a birthday party. Walt Bodine holds a cup with one hand and holds Mary's arm with the other. He is smiling broadly, and his eyes are closed. Mary...

Walt Bodine sits for a portrait. He looks at the camera, smiling. Bodine is pictured from approximately chest to head. His left shoulder is slightly cut off. There is a pure white background behind...

Walt Bodine looks at the camera in this headshot, dressed in a suit and tie. He is pictured from approximately chest to head. He is smiling slightly. A gray backdrop is behind him.

Walt Bodine accepts an award from Randall Jessee. A man, Joe K (?) News Director (?), sits in a chair in the background. Bodine and Randall stand at a microphone, pictured from approximately knees to...

Walt Bodine receives the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum Auditorium. The image is from the audience's perspective. Bodine is seated on the...