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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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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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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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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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Portrait of Alice Bedard

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Description: Formal portrait of Alice Bedard, taken in Harold Gauer's Brady Street apartment.
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Glamour Portrait of Angie Vail

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Description: A "glamour" portrait taken of Angie Vail, probably while Bob Vail was in the service.
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Robert and Angie Vail

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Description: Robert and Angie Vail pose with drinks at a nautical themed costume party.
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Clay Figure in Woman's Mouth

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Description: A tiny clay figure in Alice Bedard's mouth. Posters of mountains and skyscrapers are on the wall in the background.
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Toe in a Mouse-Trap

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Description: A close-up of a human foot with a sprung "Sure Catch" mousetrap on the big toe.
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Family Eating "Corn Reekies"

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Description: An unidentified man, child, and woman sit around a kitchen table eating "Corn Reekies."
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"Oriental" Costumes

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Description: A group of people wearing Asian costumes of "Oriental stereotypes." In the back row from left to right are Robert Bloch, Alice Bedard, Angie Vail, Mary Jo ...
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Milt Polland

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Description: Polland at the Mid-Summer Festival on the Milwaukee lakefront, with the boys of Nick Ehr family in the foreground. This was just after the successful Zeidl...
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Robert Bloch with Eyeglasses and Cigarette

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Description: Robert Bloch, wearing a suit and tie, is posed with a cigarette in his right hand.
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H.P. Lovecraft

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of H.P. Lovecraft wearing a suit jacket, vest, and tie taped to a piece of paper.
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Bloch with Infant Daughter

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Description: Robert Bloch lays on his back on a couch while his daughter, Sally Ann Bloch, crawls on his chest.
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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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Dark Profile of a Man

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Description: A man wearing a hat sits in profile in a darkened room with a bookshelf behind his back.

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