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Group Picture: Frat Party

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Description: A fraternity party photographed for Smiles Magazine. Harold Gauer and Alice Bedard sit on a couch while Robert bloch pours a drink for Angie Vail.
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Group With Cigar Smoking Man

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Description: A group of fun-loving friends pose together. In the front row, from left to right, are Harold Gauer, Marion Bloch, Victor Ehr, Mary Jo Vonier and Robert Bl...
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Campaign Portrait of Fred Clausen

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Description: Image of Clausen for his campaign booklet. It was titled: "Clausen Looks Ahead" or "Clausen Looks to the Future." Gauer noted that it had to be retaken bec...
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Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer: Masterminds

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Description: Humorous photograph taken shortly after the failed Tom Amlie campaign. They are both posing outdoors as a couple of future "masterminds" in regard to Amlie...
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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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Alice Bedard on Bridge

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Description: Alice Bedard at the Lake Park Bridge on Milwaukee's East side.
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Portrait of Marion Bloch

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Description: "Dress" photograph of Marion Bloch taken at Harold Gauer's Brady Street apartment.
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Tom Amlie

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Description: Campaign photograph for Tom Amlie at typewriter.
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Milt Polland and Max Pollack

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Description: Humorous costume photograph of the two major players in the Carl Zeidler campaign.
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Fred Clausen

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Description: Campaign photograph of Clausen in his office at his implement factory.
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Politician Carl Ziedler with Makeup

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Description: Politician Carl Ziedler, who ran for mayor of Milwaukee. Gauer is quoted in his book Keeping Track of What Happened, "When Hollywood came out with p...
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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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Clay Man Climbing Womans Neck

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Description: A tiny clay figure uses a pipe-cleaner ladder to climb the exposed neck of Alice Bedard.
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Portrait of Alice Bedard

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Description: Alice Bedard posing on table in Harold Gauer's Brady Street apartment.
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Portrait of Robert Vail

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Description: A portrait of Gauer's friend Robert Vail wearing a suit and tie.
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Breaking Up a Fake Fight

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Description: Angie Vail and Alice Bedard pose in an attempt to break up a staged fight between Robert Vail and Sprague Vonier, while Harold Gauer lies on the ground und...
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Group Party Picture

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Description: Party picture. They are making fun of their pal 'Lucky" Demo's band.
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John Doolittle as a Rumor Monger

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Description: For Smiles magazine. Playing a political rumor monger, in character clothes.
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Bloch on Movie Set

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Description: Robert Bloch sitting on a film set, likely "Straight Jacket," surrounded by film equipment.
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Angie Vail in Exotic Costume

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Description: Another "exotic," "girlie" picture taken of Angie Vail (nee Siajn) in Harold Gauer's Brady Street apartment.

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