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Title: Cast of "The Brush Creek Follies"
Description: Cast of "The Brush Creek Follies." Group portrait of 33 individuals on stage with barn scene backdrop. Kit and Kay center front row in large white hats. Colorado Pete standing behind Kit and Kay. Eddie Edwards as "George Washington White" left of front row center. Kenny Carlson with ventriloquist dummy, Scrappy O'Brien, front row fifth from right. Several audience members' heads visible on foreground.
Date Published: No date; likely between 1938 and 1942
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: The Texas Rangers five-member group portrait
Description: Promotional portrait of The Texas Rangers. Five members, facing forward, smiling, holding instruments. Four stand in the back behind the accordion player, who is seated. KMBC microphone is placed in front of the guitarist. All are wearing suits with ties, and white cowboy hats.
Date Published: No date; likely between 1931 and 1950
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Arthur B. Church Christmas 1943 Photo Album - Page 75
Description: Waist-up portrait of Chuck Wright in dark suit and white striped shirt against dark background. Wright holding double bass neck with hands in playing position. Wright facing his left at 15-degree angle from camera and looking past camera. Handwritten note and signature in upper right corner: "Merry Xmas + a Happy New Year / Chuck Wright."
Date Published: Approximately 1943
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: The Texas Rangers eight-member group portrait
Description: The Texas Rangers eight-member group portrait with instruments. All wearing matching dark toned suits, white cowboy hats, and dark cowboy boots. All facing camera and smiling. Left to right, back row: unidentified man with accordion, unidentified man with violin, unidentified man with double bass, unidentified man with guitar. Front row: four men squatting without instruments. Bob Crawford second from right.
Date Published: No date; likely between 1931 and 1950
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Five piece band performing on stage with barn backdrop
Description: Unidentified band performing on stage with barn backdrop. All wearing matching outfits of dark shirts with white scarves, medium toned striped pants, and white cowboy hats. Left to right: unidentified man on left holding violin and wearing scarves with RLH monogram, man holding accordion and smiling at camera, unidentified man holding guitar partially visible, unidentified man holding double bass singing into KMBC-KFRM microphone, unidentified man holding guitar and smiling at singer. Piano and second microphone visible in right background. Two people partially visible sitting on long bench in left background.
Date Published: Approximately 1951
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: The Texas Rangers five-member group portrait
Description: The Texas Rangers five-member portrait with instruments. All wearing matching white hats, four wearing matching plaid button up shirts with one wearing dark button up. Clockwise from top left: unidentified man with guitar, unidentified man with double bass, unidentified man with violin, unidentified man without an instrument, and Bob Crawford sitting on tree stump in middle above accordion.
Date Published: No date; likely between 1931 and 1950
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Kit & Kay performing in KMBC studio
Description: Kit & Kay performing in recording studio behind KMBC microphone with Martin guitar and Gibson mandolin. Both in black dresses with hair curled. Man, likely Erle Smith, standing on left side of image behind music stand. Three men seated on right side of image playing clarinets and trumpet while looking at sheet music on stand. Clock on wall. Metal chairs against wall. Fedora on furniture piece in background.
Date Published: No date; likely between 1938 and 1942
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: The Texas Rangers in-studio promotional photo
Description: Promotional photo of The Texas Rangers performing in studio. Eight members in semi-circle around "KMBC" microphone. Four in back playing instruments. L to r: Gomer Cool, Herb "Herby" Kratoska, Paul Sells, Clarence Hartman. Four in front singing with hands in pockets. L to r: Roderick May, Fran "Irish" Mahaney, Bob Crawford, "Tookie" Cronenbold. All wearing light colored pants, darker satin shirts, and white cowboy hats. Two microphones along wall in background. Autographs above heads.
Date Published: No date; likely between 1931 and 1950
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Arthur B. Church Christmas 1943 Photo Album - Page 33
Description: Publicity portrait of The Tune Chasers on photography set with wagon wheel and tree silhouette background. L to r: Ray Hudgens standing in white shirt and medium-toned pants holding violin against chest, Gene Moore in white shirt sitting with accordion in playing position, Herby Kratoska behind wagon wheel with left arm resting on wheel and guitar in right hand, and Al Phillips in white shirt standing with double bass in playing position. Signatures near or on each subject.
Date Published: Approximately 1943
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Arthur B. Church Christmas 1943 Photo Album - Page 13
Description: Publicity portrait of Linda Weaver. Weaver sitting with torso turned to her left at 45-degree angle from camera with head turned toward camera and smiling. Wearing plaid dress and sitting with guitar in playing position. Light background with tree silhouette. Handwritten note and signature on guitar body: "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year / "Linda Weaver."
Date Published: Approximately 1943
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Laura Lee Owens promotional photo
Description: Promotional photo of Laura Lee Owens. Owens sitting sideways on chair, facing her right and wearing light colored skirt, shirt, and cowboy hat with dark colored vest. Also wearing one ring on ring finger of each hand. Inscription to Irene "Kay" Crouse on front.
Date Published: No date; likely between 1939 and 1942
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Arthur B. Church Christmas 1943 Photo Album - Page 34
Description: Publicity portrait of Bonnie King in light-toned sweater with flower brooch. Sitting on horizontally striped chair set at 90-degree angle away from camera, torso at 120-degrees away from camera, face toward camera, looking in to camera, and smiling. Hands folded with right forearm resting on chair back. Left hand partially visible. Handwritten note and signature in bottom right corner: "Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday Season / Bonnie King."
Date Published: Approximately 1943
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Rex Allen with band and unidentified man on stage
Description: Unidentified man and Rex Allen on stage with barn backdrop. Man in black shirt with black horse embroidered scarf holding papers talking to Rex Allen. Rex Allen holding guitar and standing behind KMBC-KFRM microphone wearing white cowboy hat, shirt, and pants with gun belt. Band members to right in background. Man standing with guitar plugged into amplifier labeled "Bud." Man sitting behind steel guitar. Partially visible drum set and man with double bass on left. Men and women partially visible in background sitting on benches and chairs.
Date Published: Approximately 1951
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Arthur B. Church Christmas 1943 Photo Album - Page 44
Description: Full body portrait of Jed Starkey [Sidney H. Anderson] in dark suit, white shirt, bow tie, and hat against light background. Starkey sitting sideways on stepstool with legs on either side. Body and head facing camera but eyes looking far to his left. Right foot on floor, left foot on stool rung, saxophone top in right hand with bottom resting on stool rung, recorder and two unidentified instruments in left hand, two unidentified instruments in left side chest pocket of suit, and unidentified instrument lying on stepstool. Four pins on jacket lapels, l to r: "Arkansas", illegible, "Welcome Home" with US flag, and "Temporarily out of Service." Handwritten note and signature in left upper corner: Kindest regards always to the best boss I ever had \u2013 Mr. Church / Sincerely / Sidney H. Anderson / Jed Starkey." Left edge cropped off of print.
Date Published: Approximately 1943
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Arthur B. Church Christmas 1943 Photo Album - Page 08
Description: Promotional portrait of Bob Crawford. Crawford standing behind and to the right of microphone. Wearing light colored shirt with dark trim, patterned scarf around neck, and white cowboy hat. Looking to the right of camera with mouth open as if singing. Handwritten note and signature at bottom: "Merry Christmas to a great boss / Bob Crawford."
Date Published: Approximately 1943
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Kit & Kay with the Oklahoma Wranglers
Description: Kit & Kay with the Oklahoma Wranglers in front building with "Coronado Cuarto Centennial 154 Kansas" flag. All wearing light tops, dark bottoms, and light cowboy hats. Left to right: Charles "Skeeter" Willis, unidentified man, Kit and Kat, John "Vic" Willis, James "Guy" Willis.
Date Published: 1941
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Arthur B. Church Christmas 1943 Photo Album - Page 42
Description: Headshot of Bethel Davis in dark fur coat against light background. Facing her right at 45-degree angle away from camera, ahead turned toward her left and looking further left upward past camera. Hair curled. Handwritten note and signature on left center: "A Very Merry Christmas / Bethel Davis."
Date Published: Approximately 1943
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Arthur B. Church Christmas 1943 Photo Album - Page 03
Description: Full body portrait of Don Ramon. Ramon standing behind and to the left of KMBC microphone. Holding Martin & Co. guitar. Wearing light colored suit with dark trim, white shirt and dark tie. Right hand thumb and fingers on strings. Left hand holding chord. Facing camera and smiling. Handwritten note and signature on bottom: "Seasons Greeting" to A.B.C. / "Don Ramon."
Date Published: Approximately 1943
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Kit and Kay on horses in parade
Description: Kit and Kay on horses in parade. Unidentified men on horseback in parade holding flags. Parade entering intersection and turning corner. Streetcar tracks visible in foreground. Large crowd on sidewalk and street in background. Men in crowd standing in truck bed and boy leaning out of second floor window in background.
Date Published: No date; likely between 1938 and 1942
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Millie and Sue performing on stage with guitar and mandolin
Description: Millie and Sue performing on stage with barn backdrop. Both standing behind KMBC microphone in dark dresses with guitar and mandolin. Charley Pryor playing drums in plaid shirt to left. Herb Kratoska in glasses and unidentified man in cowboy hat playing guitar on right. "Bud" amplifier and two men in background on right of photo.
Date Published: Approximately 1951
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Arthur B. Church Christmas 1943 Photo Album - Page 10
Description: Portrait of "Colorado" Pete. Pete standing on artificial grass in front of white wall with right foot on rock. Wearing light colored cowboy hat, light shirt with dark trim, dark scarf around collar, and dark chaps with "Colorado Pete" embroidered on left leg. Pete facing camera with hands on hips and smiling. Handwritten note and signature vertically along left edge: "To one I owe much for my success in radio, and admire for his success as a builder of dine things, A.B.C. (my boss) / "Colorado" Pete."
Date Published: Approximately 1943
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Kit & Kay performing with the Oklahoma Wranglers
Description: Kit & Kay performing with the Oklahoma Wranglers on outside stage. Cars parked in front of building with Coca-Cola sign visible in background. Heads of audience members in foreground. Left to right: Charles "Skeeter" Willis (fiddle), John "Vic" Willis (accordion), Kit and Kat (mandolin and guitar), James "Guy" Willis (guitar), unidentified double bass player.
Date Published: 1941
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: "Korn's-a-Krackin'" promotional photo
Description: "Korn's-a-Krackin" cast portrait. Back row, left to right: Jerry Asborn, Virgil Phillips, Ozark Red, George Rhodes, Slim Wilson, Buster Fellows, Faust Matthews, Bob White, Speedy Junior Haworth. Middle row, left to right: Bill Matthews, Matt Matthews, Bill Hickman, Monty Matthews. Front row, left to right: Lou Black, Lennie Aleshire, Aunt Martha (Wilson), Pat Evans (Black), Corrine Stump (Black), Bill Ring. Front, on side: Goo-Goo Rutledge. Label on front bottom: ""Korn's-A-Krackin'" / Saturday Nights - MBS / A KWTO (Springfield, MO) Production." Image taken outside the radio station, Glenstone Street, Springfield, Mo.
Date Published: No date; likely between 1941 and 1954
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: The Texas Rangers on television studio set
Description: Eight Texas Rangers around table on television studio set. Set on right of photo. Four men seated on benches at round table. Four men standing with violin, guitar, accordion, and double bass. Wood burning stove on left of set. Camera operator wearing headphones behind RCA Television camera labeled "KTTV Times CBS" on left of photo. Microphone and lighting visible at top of photo.
Date Published: No date; likely between 1931 and 1950
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Title: Colorado Pete with Kit & Kay
Description: Colorado Pete on stage with Kit & Kay. Pete standing between Kit and Kay behind microphone. Kit and Kay wearing dark tops and pants. One holding guitar. Pete holding guitar and wearing light pants and dark vest. All three wearing white cowboy hats.
Date Published: No date; likely between 1938 and 1942
Collection: Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

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