Description
This collection relates to KMBC radio and television stations in Kansas City and its owner and operator, Arthur B. Church, dating primarily between the 1920s and the early 1950s.
Member of
Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection
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Radio equipment on desk with chair
Radio equipment on desk with chair. Desk against wall left of window in room with wood floors and column radiator. Likely wireless station setup of Donald R. Lewis.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-003.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Large room filled with radio equipment on desks
Large room filled with radio equipment including the Marconi wireless telegraph apparatus and headphones. Equipment on desks with chairs. One large piece on floor to left. Maps on walls.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-004.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Various radio equipment in a room
Wood-paneled room lined with wooden workbenches. Various radio equipment, cords, headphones in room. Papers tacked to wall. Morse code machine. Lights on wall and hanging from ceiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-001.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Arthur B. Church Christmas 1943 Photo Album
Tan colored photo album cover with "Arthur B. Church / Christmas 1943" inscribed on lower left of cover. Vertical .
Type: Collection
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo_album-001.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Radio equipment in corner of a room
Radio equipment in corner of a room in front of window. Large equipment on floor on right and table with smaller equipment with headphones on left.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-002.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Wallpapered attic room corner with various radio equipment on desk and shelf
Corner of wallpapered attic room with various radio equipment including headphones and Morse code machine. Equipment on desk and wall shelf. Knife switch and light bulb attached to wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-013.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Close-up of radio equipment on desk in wallpapered attic room
Desk in wallpapered attic room with various radio equipment, headphones, and Morse code machine. Continental code and Lamoni Hardware Company posters on wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-006.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Radio equipment on wooden desk against wall
Radio equipment on wooden desk with metal legs against wall. Shelves stacked with papers and Wireless Codes poster on wall. Chair in right side foreground.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-009.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Close-up of radio equipment on desk with hinged cover
Close-up of radio equipment on desk with hinged cover. Headphones in the foreground. Shelf with booklets on the wall to left of desk.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-010.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Close-up of small amount of radio equipment on table
Close-up of small amount of radio equipment on table with headphones and Morse code machine. Continental Code poster on wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-012.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Radio equipment close-up on desk top
Close-up of radio equipment on desk with headphones and Morse code machine. Likely wireless station setup of Zell G. Fenner.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-005.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Close-up of radio equipment on desk and shelf
Close-up of radio equipment on desk and shelf including headphones and Morse code machine. Knife switch on wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-008.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Close-up of radio equipment on two wooden shelves on wall
Close-up of radio equipment on two wooden shelves on wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-011.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Close-up of radio equipment on desk in tiled room
Close-up of radio equipment including headphones on desk in tiled room. Thermometer on wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-007.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Radio equipment on table in wood paneled room in front of short, wide window
Radio equipment including headphones and Morse code machine on table in wood paneled room in front of short, wide window. Pocket watch, calendar, and Continental Code poster on left wall. Likely wireless station setup of Hollis K. Sels.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-018.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012