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.
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Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection
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Desk with radio equipment in room corner of in front of window books and letters
Desk in corner of room with radio equipment including headphones, Morse code machine, and knife switch. Desk against wall with window. Books and letters holder on windowsill. AWA pennants near corner of left side wall. Unidentified certificate near corner on right side wall. Likely wireless station setup of L. Armstrong Kern.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-015.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Corner of room with radio equipment on desk in front of window and large map
Corner of room with radio equipment including headphones and Morse code machine on desk against right wall. Window on left wall with white curtains. Yale and Chicago pennants on right wall next to large map. Desktop calendar and fan also on desk. Likely wireless station setup of Charles E. Fawkes.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-020.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Desk with various radio equipment including headphones on desk in front of window
Desk in corner of room with radio equipment including headphones, Morse code machine, and knife switch. Desk against wall with window. Books and letters holder on windowsill. Likely wireless station setup of L. Armstrong Kern.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-017.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Room corner with radio equipment on wood table
Corner of room with radio equipment including headphones and Morse code machine on wood table. AWA pennants on walls. Large window on left with blacked out glass. Unidentified certificate near corner on right side wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-014.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Radio equipment on desk with back panel
Radio equipment including headphones, Morse code machine, and knife switch on desk with back panel against wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-021.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Large box shaped radio equipment and Morse code machine on table
Large box shaped radio equipment on table in corner of room. Morse code machine on left side of table and photos on wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-016.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Radio equipment on desk and mounted to wood panel in corner of room
Radio equipment including headphones and Morse code machine in corner of wood paneled room. Equipment on desk and mounted to wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-019.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Radio equipment on desk and shelves with glass doored cabinets
Radio equipment on desk and shelves with glass doored cabinets. Handwritten notes with arrows on front of image identifying equipment.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-022.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Mignon System Radio detector
Mignon System Radio / Superior Apparatus radio detector .
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-026.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Corner of cloth walled interior with wicker furniture, piano, and phonograph
Corner of cloth walled interior. Piano with stool in corner. Speaker stand, wicker bench, and wicker chair along right wall. Circular wicker table with book in center. Wicker furniture piece and Edison C250 floor phonograph along left wall. Photographer's inscription in lower right corner: "PKG KC."
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-024.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Radio equipment on table and shelf with operator license on wall
Radio equipment including headphones and Morse code machine in corner of room. Equipment on table and shelf. Knife switch and radio operator license on wall. License: "Department of Commerce / Bureau of Navigation / Radio Operator, Commercial, Second Grade."
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-025.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Radio tower and antenna at Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa
Radio tower and antenna next to building. North side of Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-030.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Large wood paneled room radio equipment on three tables
Large wood paneled room with wood ceiling and concrete floor. Radio equipment on two long tables against right side wall. Large equipment piece on floor in middle of room. Smaller table to left. Electrical wires attached to ceiling running to equipment.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-023.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Radio equipment on wall mounted shelves in room corner next to window
Radio equipment including headphones and Morse code machine on wall mounted shelves in corner of room. Window of left wall. Papers and knife switch on right wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-027.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012
Radio tower with man near top by antenna at Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa
Radio tower with unidentified man near top by antenna. Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_church-kmbc_photo-029.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0012