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Robert Bloch with Buster Keaton

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Description: Robert Bloch with an aged Buster Keaton.
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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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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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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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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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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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Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer

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Description: Robert Bloch & Harold Gauer play poker sitting at a table strewn with cards and chips.
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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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Robert Bloch

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Description: A rare "straight" portrait of author and Gauer friend Robert Bloch, which was taken for a series Gauer called "how they looked then."
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Vonier, Bloch, Gauer and Vail on Rooftop

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Description: From lef to right, Sprague Vonier, Robert Bloch, Harold Gauer, and Robert Vail stand on the roof of a building. Behind them is a clock tower with the words...
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Showing Off In Costume

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Description: A mildly risqué party scene with (from left to right) Alice Bedard, Robert Vail, unidentified, Robert Bloch, and Angie Vail, all in various costumes. Strea...
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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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Robert Bloch

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Description: Elevated view of Robert Bloch at the Gus Marx ad agency. Gauer credits Bloch with changing Marx into a real "nut." Bloch was expecting to inherit the agenc...
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Robert Bloch and Milt Gelman Play Pool

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Description: Milt Gelmand and Robert Bloch play a humorous game of pool. From a set of pictures that was eventually sold to Cheers humor magazine.
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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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Robert Bloch with Monster Make-Up

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Description: Robert Bloch wearing make-up makes a frightening face while holding his hands out in front of him. His hair is slicked back and he wears a suit jacket with...
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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 and Robert Vail in Costume

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Description: Robert Vail, dressed up as a Monk, subtly caresses the thigh of Angie Vail. Vais is smoking and wearing only a tuxedo jacket with a bow tie, hat, and shoes...
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Zeidler Clippings

Date: 1938
Description: A collection of clippings related to Carl Zeidler and his mayoral campaign, run by Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch.
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Sprague Vonier, Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer in New Orleans

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Description: From left to right, Sprague Vonier, Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer stand at the entrance to a bar called Regal in the French Quarter in New Orleans.

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