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Tahiti Party

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Description: Party at Bob Vails on Milwaukee's South side near Allen Bradley. They made use of their costume "stash" to host a Tahiti party.
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Carl Zeidler and Cab Driver

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Description: Carl Zeidler speaking with cab driver (i.e. the working man) for a campaign brochure. Three other men are standing with them on the curb.
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Bloch Bros' Tobacco Sign

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Description: View across empty lot of an advertisement painted on the side of a brick wall, reading: "Chew Bloch Bros' West VA. Mail Pouch Tobacco Pure Leaf No Chemical...
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Milwaukee Street Scene

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Description: View from sidewalk of cars parked along Brady Street. Storefronts and a church are visible.
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Political Photograph of Diamond Restaurant

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Description: Candidate cards in restaurant window to illustrate current level of political advertising at the time of Gauer's campaigns. Gauer thought this was wasted e...
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Tom Amlie Staff and Supporters

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Description: Tom Amlie with supporters and staff taken outside of headquarters. Ed Brown was a "fixer" sent by the party heads in Washington, D.C. Some of the unknown p...
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Unidentified Street

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Description: Looking east on Wisconsin Avenue at Water Steet with cars and pedestrians. Streetcars are running up and down the middle of the wide street. Skyscrapers an...
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Girl and Dog Campaigning for Zeidler

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Description: A young girl on a city sidewalk with a St. Bernard that's wearing a sandwich board reading "Carl Zeidler For Mayor."
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Henry Reuss Behind Grocery Register

Date: 1952
Description: A campaign picture of Democrat Henry Reuss wearing a suit, addressing constituents working at a grocery store. This was likely taken in 1952 while Reuss wa...
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Harold Gauer with Cigarette

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Description: Gauer "promo" photograph taken with a stack of his just published book: "How to Win in Politics," outlining Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer's modern campaign...
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Henry Reuss Campaign Photograph

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Description: Campaign photograph of Reuss talking with the "common working man."

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