Back of photo reads "The group of some 900 strong of Ararat Temple of Kansas City, Mo. get a preview of the host city, Detroit for their convention. Taken from S.S. North American Saturday morning June 19. The group are using the S.S. North American as a floating hotel while in Detroit for the convention. Group was on way to Buffalo when this picture was taken."
The Hon. Alf M. Landon at the podium during a speech to the South Central Business Association on June 15, 1954. Landon, former Governor of Kansas (1933-1937) and presidential candidate, gave a speech entitled "Where Do We Go From Here?".
Portriat of Col. David E. Harrison, Superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Harrison spoke to the South Central Business Association on the subject of safe driving, November 28, 1950.
The SCBA salutes KCMO Broadcasting and the World's Tallest Self-Supporting Tower. Located on 31st St., the Tower is twice as high as the Washington Monument ... the tower and antenna weigh 1,200,000 pounds. It is 1,042 feet high.
Walt Disney and others posing at the head table of a South Central Business Association luncheon at the Blue Bird Cafeteria. The individuals are, from left to right: Homer L. Blackwell of the National Screen Service Corp.; Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck; Mrs. Lillian Bounds Disney, Walt Disney's wife; Kansas City Mayor John B. Gage; Walt Disney; SCBA President Edwin J. Barnes, Sr.; Frank S. Land, founder of the Grand Council of DeMolay; Mrs. Joseph C. Wirthman; Keith Martin, Director of the Kansas City Art Institute; and three of Disney's classmates from Benton School--George L. Williams, Louis G. Lower, and Donald Monroe.