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Bloch and Gauer with Zeidler

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Description: Harold Gauer, Carl Zeidler, Robert Bloch, and unidentified man (possibly Max Pollack). Both Gauer and Bloch are posing humorously in costumes.
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Portrait of Robert Bloch: Cowboy

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Description: Bloch dressed as a cowboy.
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Robert Bloch with Fake Nose

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Description: Author Robert Bloch wearing a prosthetic pig-like nose, wig, and makeup.
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Character Portrait of Harold Gauer, Robert Bloch, and James Doolittle

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Description: War satire photograph of Gauer, Bloch, and Doolittle.
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Portrait of Robert Bloch: Monster

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Description: Bloch dressed as a monster. Possibly taken for Brutal magazine or the scrapbooks.
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Robert Bloch's Wedding Photograph

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Description: A burlesque of the Bloch's marriage, taken shortly after the real ceremony. Left to right: Robert Vail, Robert Bloch, and Marion Bloch. Gauer said at the t...
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Robert Bloch Dressed as Mummy

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Description: Bloch's head completely bandaged as a mummy which reflected Bloch's fascination with horror. Gauer said it was, "Bloch after shaving."
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Character Portrait of Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer

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Description: This photograph of Bloch and Gauer was taken to illustrate Capital and Labor working together.
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Portrait of Robert Bloch: Lampshade and Make-up

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Description: Bloch with a lampshade on his head and "oriental" Asian make-up for an advertisement in Brutal magazine. Brutal was a "one-copy" magazine of ...
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Robert Bloch Posing as a Sheriff

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Description: Bloch playing the character part of a candidate for sheriff to illustrate a possible book on political "types."
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Character Portrait of Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer

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Description: Political photograph of Bloch and Gauer in costume taken to illustrate Capital and Labor working together.
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Gauer and Bloch Posing with Woman

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Description: Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch, both smoking, pose humorously with an unidentified woman who holds a notepad and pen.
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Portrait of Robert Bloch: Laborer

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Description: Bloch dressed as a "laborer," worried about what he would do for a living if he couldn't write. The photograph was taken for the "History" scrapbook.
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Bloch with Baseball Mitt

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Description: A shirtless Robert Bloch is posed sitting puffing out his cheeks. He is wearing a baseball cap, a baseball mitt, and eyeglasses with covered lenses.
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Robert Bloch with Makeup and Wig

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Description: Robert Bloch in front of a drop cloth, wearing a thick layer of white monster makeup and a scary wig over a dark shirt.
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Bloch in Staged Military Photograph

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Description: Robert Bloch, with cigar, and Robert Vail, holding a pipe. They are both wearing military costumes, staged standing on chairs next to a bed.
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Bloch with Eyeholes Cut into His Hat

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Description: Robert Bloch sits on the edge of a bed with his hands up as in mock surrender wearing a hat pulled down over his eyes, but the hat has holes cut out of it ...
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Bloch's First Trip to California

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Description: Humorous photograph of Bloch on his first trip to California at the invitation of Kuttner. According to Gauer, Mooney was sort of a "nutty" musician that l...
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Portrait of Robert Bloch: Drunk in New Orleans

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Description: View across street of Robert Bloch posing as a drunk in New Orleans, during Gauer and Bloch's trip there to write a book.
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Portrait of Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch

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Description: 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...

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