Walt Bodine Collection

Description
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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Walt Bodine accepts the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award

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 stage (third from the left). The speaker appears to be assisting Bodine to the podium. Four other unidentified men are on the stage with Bodine.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine accepts the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award

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 stage, facing the audience.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine at the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award Ceremony

Walt Bodine likely at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum when he was awarded the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award. Bodine is seated, gazing off-camera and smiling. His name tag reads Walt Bodine Honoree. Bodine is pictured from approximately waist to head.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine at the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award Ceremony

Walt Bodine likely at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum when he was awarded the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award. Bodine is seated at a table, smiling, and looking off-camera. He holds a pen. An unidentified woman stands to the left of him. She has one hand on his shoulder and looks at the camera, smiling. Other figures are seen on the right.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine in costume as W.C. Fields and Mary Loy Brown in costume as Julie Andrews

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 a brown hat and red paint on his nose. Both figures are pictured approximately waist to head.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine at a picnic with two unidentified men

Walt Bodine (right) at a picnic with two unidentified men, possibly high school reunion. Bodine looks to his right, possibly speaking. The men are seated, facing the camera. Bodine holds his glasses in his hands. Unknown figures are seen in the background as well as a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen box at the left of the image.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine at a picnic with two unidentified men

Walt Bodine (right) at a picnic with two unidentified men, possibly high school reunion. Bodine looks at the camera and holds his glasses in his hands. The men are pictured approximately waist to head. Unknown figures are seen in the background as well as a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen box at the left of the image.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine at formal dinner event with four unknown persons

Walt Bodine (bottom center) with four unidentified people at what appears to be a formal dinner event. Bodine smiles, looking off-camera while the others smile and look into the camera. Bodine is seated at a table with a utensil in his hand, pictured approximately from waist to head.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Five unidentified men, one in military uniform

Five unidentified white men, one in military uniform. The men stand in a row, each with their hands held in front. Each man looks at the camera, smiling. A building, perhaps a house is seen in the background.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine and Bill Leeds broadcast 1960 election in WDAF TV studio

Walt Bodine (center) and Bill Leeds in 1960 Election Promo for WDAF TV. Bodine sits at a desk behind a camera and microphones, looking into the camera, perhaps speaking. The names Kennedy and Nixon appear on the board in the background. Johnson County results also appear on the right of the photo. A worker in the background adjusts numbers on the board, indicating election results. Some workers study papers while others watch the proceedings.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine and Dr. Martin Luther King on Insight

Walt Bodine and Dr. Martin Luther King sit at a table and look into the camera for a publicity photograph of King's appearance on the WDAF show Insight. King's face is pictured; Bodine appears from approximately feet to head. The background has been altered for a faded-edge effect and is cropped in an oval shape. Pen marks appear near the corners of the image, perhaps for cropping. The table between the men has been set with ashtrays and coffee cups.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Chris Condone and Bill Leeds broadcast at WDAF

Chris Condone (left) and Bill Leeds (right) seated at a podium behind a microphone. Leeds appears to be speaking. Both men are pictured from waist to head, Leeds in profile. A name plate reading Bill Leeds and a Phillips 66 sign appear on the front edge of the podium.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Bill Leeds and an unidentified man work in the WDAF station

Bill Leeds (right) and an unidentified man (left) work at the WDAF station. Leeds smokes a cigarette. The unidentified man drinks a bottle of Coca-Cola in one image and rests his head on his hand in another image. Both men are pictured in profile from approximately the chest to the head.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine inside the cockpit of an airplane

Walt Bodine inside the cockpit of an airplane possibly during WWII. Bodine looks over his shoulder and smiles at the camera. Two pilots are seen in the background. Bodine is pictured approximately from the chest to the head.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210
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Walt Bodine inside a Synagogue

Walt Bodine inside a synagogue (left, second row back), possibly in Jerusalem. Visitors are seated in rows and look at the front of the room, presumably at a speaker. The flag of Israel hangs in the background. Bodine wears a kippah along with many of the other attendees. Only Bodine's face is seen behind the front most row of seats.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0210