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Robert Bloch and Milt Gelman Play Pool
circa 1950-1959
Milt Gelmand and Robert Bloch play a humorous game of pool. From a set of pictures that was eventually sold to Cheers humor magazine.
Portrait of Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch
circa 1930-1939
Bloch is in Russian garb and Gauer is in just a humorous get-up. The photograph may have been taken for Brutal magazine. The Gauer image was cropped later and used in a poster.
Milt Polland and Max Pollack
circa 1930-1939
Humorous costume photograph of the two major players in the Carl Zeidler campaign.
Character Portrait of Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer
circa 1930-1939
This photograph of Bloch and Gauer was taken to illustrate Capital and Labor working together.
Character Portrait of Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer
circa 1930-1939
Political photograph of Bloch and Gauer in costume taken to illustrate Capital and Labor working together.
Portrait of Robert Bloch: Monster
circa 1930-1939
Bloch dressed as a monster. Possibly taken for Brutal magazine or the scrapbooks.
