Walt Bodine Collection

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Having been in the broadcasting business for seven decades, Walt Bodine produced a wealth of resources for those researchers interested in the study of communications or in the history of Kansas City, Missouri.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Bill Leeds and Bill Griffith in the studio

Bill Leeds and Bill Griffith at WDAF studios. The men appear in profile in the majority of the photos on the contact sheet with the exception of the left, middle photo where Bill Leeds leans back in his chair with one hand to his face and the other hand holding his glasses. In this photo, Leeds is pictured from approximately waist to head. The other photos show the reporters from different vantage points. Some show the men smiling while others do not. In the top left photo, Bill Leeds appears to be rubbing his temples as if from stress or fatigue.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Bill Leeds and unidentified co-workers

Bill Leeds and unidentified co-workers at WDAF studios. Leeds, pictured from chest to head, writes on a typewriter in the left column photos and in the bottommost photo in the right column. In the middle column, the vantage point is from behind the wheel of a car, looking out the front window. There, a reporter appears to be in the process of interviewing a man. More unidentified co-workers appear in the top, left and top, middle photos.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Unidentified woman stands in an unknown location

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 appears to be a slip of paper. An unidentified person is before her. The back of another person's head is in the center, bottom of the image. This image was perhaps taken at a news studio.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Group of KPRS station newsmen and staffers with captions imposed

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 for the picture. Bill Leeds appears in the back row of the picture. This appears to be an all staff picture. Some of the staff smile while others do not. Signs and windows are seen in the background.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine and a co-worker in the studio

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 appears in the middle and bottom photos in the left column. He stands in the middle, left photo and appears to wave. He is seen in profile. A telephone is on the desk before him. In the bottom, left photo, Bodine sits at a desk with his arms folded before him. He leans inward and appears to be in conversation with someone not pictured. In the middle column, an unidentified co-worker broadcasts on television. He sits at a desk with a microphone before him. Another unidentified co-worker is in the top, left photo. He is seen from behind, sitting at a desk with his hands clasped behind his head.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine and a co-worker in the studio

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 desk, looking at photographs. Both men are pictured from approximately chest to head.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Four publicity pictures of Walt Bodine on 1 contact sheet

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. The backgrounds are white.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine mingles with unidentified individuals at a social function

Walt Bodine mingles with unidentified individuals at a social function. Bodine is pictured in all 8 photos on the contact sheet, generally pictured from knees to head and in profile. In each picture, he speaks with different individuals.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine and co-workers in the studio

Walt Bodine, Bill Leeds, and unidentified co-workers at WDAF studios. Bodine appears in the three photos in the left column. He speaks to two unidentified co-workers behind a table and is pictured from approximately waist to head. In the middle, left photo, a book titled Date Book 1959 is outlined in pink ink. In the right column, Bill Leeds appears in profile beside an unidentified co-worker. Leeds leans on a desk with his glasses either in his hand or on a stack of papers beside him.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Unidentified newsroom writers

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 the typewriter while another writer is seen behind him in the top left image. The two images below show a writer in the background working at a desk. In these images, a chair is in the foreground and more of the workspace is seen. File cabinets, papers, and desks take up the majority of space in the image. In the right column, another unidentified writer appears. The worker writes with a pencil on paper in the top right image and writes on a typewriter in the two images below that. The vantage point changes in the two bottommost images on the right from slightly behind the worker. This worker appears in profile from approximately chest to head.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine and unidentified newsroom writers

Walt Bodine and unidentified newsroom writers most likely in the WDAF studios. Bodine appears with two unidentified newsroom staff in the top left image. Bodine crosses one arm on his chest while the other is against his face. He is pictured from approximately knees to head in three quarter profile. He speaks with a writer whose back faces the camera. Another unidentified man is behind this one. A map of Missouri hangs on the wall in the background. The two bottommost images in the left column feature an unidentified newsroom worker on the telephone. He holds the telephone to his ear in one hand and a piece of paper and a pencil in the other. This worker is pictured from chest to head. In the middle column a reporter sits behind a microphone. He appears to be broadcasting live. The man is pictured in profile from feet to head. An unidentified worker is behind the desk. In the right column another unidentified worker stands behind a desk covered in stacks of papers, books, and typewriters. The man's hands are in different positions in each image. In the topmost he holds a piece of paper, in the middle he has one hand in his pocket, and in the bottom he has his hands on his hips. In the bottom right image, Bill Leeds walks in the background.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine, Bill Griffith, and unidentified newsroom writers

Walt Bodine, Bill Griffith, and unidentified newsroom writers most likely at WDAF studios. In the two topmost images in the left column, the camera's vantage point looks down a long table with a full ashtray in the foreground and two unidentified newsroom staff members in the background. The two figures, one standing and one sitting, are in conversation in what appears to be a meeting room. In the bottom left image an unidentified staff member sits at a telephone while a man stands beside her, apparently taking notes. Other unidentified men are in the left side of the image. In the middle column, there is a close up of the worker at the phone, but now the man taking notes by her side is seated beside her. In the bottom middle image there is a close up of the two people speaking in the meeting room. In the right column Bill Griffith reads papers at a desk in the foreground, and Walt Bodine is in the background with an unidentified staff member. Bodine also appears in the two images below that. He speaks on the telephone behind a desk, pictured from approximately waist to head. Another unidentified newsroom worker is in the foreground writing on a typewriter.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Bill Griffith and unidentified newsroom writers

Bill Griffith and unidentified newsroom writers most likely at WDAF studios. In the left column, the camera's vantage point looks down a long table with a full ashtray in the foreground and two unidentified newsroom staff members in the background. The two figures, one standing and one sitting, are in conversation in what appears to be a meeting room. In the middle column, two staff members are seated at a table. One speaks on a telephone while the other takes notes. Both figures are pictured from feet to head and appear in profile. In the top two images on the right column an unidentified worker stands behind a table with stacks of paper. The worker is pictured in profile from approximately waist to head. Bill Griffith writes on a typewriter in the bottom right image. He appears to be listening to audio reels pictured in the bottom left of the image.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Bill Leeds and unidentified newsroom writers

Bill Leeds and unidentified newsroom writers most likely at WDAF studios. Bill Leeds appears in the top left and bottom right images of this contact sheet. He appears in profile and is pictured from approximately chest to head in both images. In the top left image he holds his hand to his head, looking down. In the bottom right image he holds his hand to his chin and appears to be in thought. An unidentified newsroom worker is in the two bottommost images in the left column. He faces away from the camera, pictured from approximately chest to head, and rests his arms on stacks of paper. In the two topmost images in the right column another unidentified worker speaks on the phone. He is in three quarter profile and is pictured from approximately waist to head. He had one hand to his head. A typewriter is seen in the foreground.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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KMBZ-98 billboard advertising the Walt Bodine Show

KMBZ-98 billboard advertising the Walt Bodine Show. The billboard reads Walt Bodine Master of Night-Talk KMBZ-98. The sign is blue with white and red lettering. Bodine's photo is on the right in black and white. A blue sky is in the background.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210