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.
Publicity portrait of Arthur B. Church. Standing at angle near wall behind KMBC microphone stand and holding "Buzz Saw" newsletter dated Thursday May 7th. Printed on front: "'That's My Business' / So says Arthur B. Church. / Originated and photographed by L.C. 'Andy' Anderson."
Arthur B. Church with one unidentified woman and two unidentified men. Church and one man facing each other while holding white, round cake. Woman and second man standing behind. All laughing or smiling.
Front of KMBC building exterior at 11th and Central from left side. Grand Reopening sign for the Brush Creek Follies show spanning front archways. Several men and woman in entryway and on sidewalk.
KMBC building, Program Department (Volunteer Special Services) office. Large room with several wooden desks, typewriters, phones, filing cabinets, and ashtrays. Several women working. Linoleum floor. Fluorescent lighting. TWA and Greyhound Calendars on walls and desk set to April 1951. Door in middle of far wall reads Volunteer Special Services from outside. Door on left side of far wall leads to wood paneled room with leather arm chair.
KMBC building, Kansas City Bureau, United Press Associates office. Large room with several wooden desks, printers, typewriters, phones, and ashtrays. Two men and one woman working. Linoleum floor. Fluorescent lighting. Shelf with large book on far wall under large TWA Calendar set to April 1951. Two doors on left side of far wall. Radio on desk against right wall next to large map on wall.
KMBC building. Large office with two large desks, several printers, typewriters, phones, and ashtrays. Three unidentified white men working. Linoleum floor. Fluorescent lighting. Coca-Cola bottle and Chesterfield cigarettes on table in foreground. Two large maps on either side of square window on left wall. Globe on top of radio console next to right side map. Two doors on far wall.
KMBC building, B-C announcers' booth. Sound studio with two microphones and music stand. One studio window on right wall leading to room with "KFRM" microphone. Two studio windows on left wall. Unidentified white man seated in upper room at desk with microphone and notes on stand. Unidentified white man seated in lower room in front of equipment.
KMBC building, Studio B. Large sound studio room with table, chair, music stand, and three KMBC microphones. Three studio windows on left. Left window leads to dark room. Lee Stewart [Keith Painton] in upper right window at desk with microphone. Unidentified man in lower right window seated in front of equipment including transcription phonograph.
KMBC building, B-C control room. Sound studio room with grand piano, upright piano, and three KMBC microphones. Linoleum floor. Fluorescent lighting. Door with small horizontal window on right side of left wall.
KMBC building, Studio A. Sound studio room with grand piano, organ, music stands, and four microphones. Guitar on table with two metal folding chairs along left wall. Two metal folding chairs along right wall. Two studio windows on far wall. Left window leads to room with music stand, microphone, and ashtray. Right room dark. Linoleum floor. Fluorescent lighting.
KMBC building, broadcast room. KMBC building, broadcast room. Large room with radio equipment. Large consoles to right including open reel machines. Two desks in center foreground with transcription phonograph. Unidentified man, possibly Ray Moler, standing in front of open reel machines. Linoleum floor. Fluorescent lighting.
KMBC auditorium from balcony. Stage with curtain on right. Upper and lower seats in center and left. Ornamented ceiling at top. Orchestra pit in bottom right.
The Texas Rangers portrait. Four men in white, button-up, long sleeve shirts and dark pants with white stripe down side holding instruments. Clockwise from top: Paul "Monty" Sells, accordion; Clarence "Idaho" Hartman, string bass; Gomer "Tenderfoot" Cool, violin; Herb "Arizona" Kratoska, guitar.
The Texas Rangers portrait. Four men in white, button-up, long sleeve shirts and dark pants with white stripe down side holding instruments. Left to right: Gomer "Tenderfoot" Cool, fiddle; Herb "Arizona" Kratoska, banjo; Paul "Monty" Sells, accordion; Clarence "Idaho" Hartman, string bass.
Johnnie Lee Wills & All The Boys portrait. Left to right: Buster Magness, Henry Boatman, Leon Huff, Chuck Adams, Frank Simms, Johnnie Lee Wills, Don Harlan, Curly Lewis, Clarence Cagle, Ebb Gray. Includes photo inset of Johnnie Lee Wills on a horse.