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Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch in Office
circa 1930-1939
Political "masterminds" at work during the Zeidler campaign in rented offices.
Bloch and Gauer with Zeidler
circa 1940-1949
Harold Gauer, Carl Zeidler, Robert Bloch, and unidentified man (possibly Max Pollack). Both Gauer and Bloch are posing humorously in costumes.
Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer
circa 1940-1949
The political campaign "Braintrust" relaxes in Lake Park between elections.
Milt Polland
circa 1940-1949
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 Zeidler campaign, and after Robert Bloch and Ha...
Portrait of Harold Gauer at Typewriter
circa 1930-1939
Portrait of Gauer at typewriter in the Brady Street "Lab. A similar one was taken of Bloch, then one was reversed and printed together to show Bloch and Gauer's collaboration.
Mayor Carl Zeidler
circa 1940-1949
Newly elected mayor, Carl Zeidler, with the "braintrust," of Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch, that put him there. The "boys" are congratulating him on his victory, but shortly after they were cut off...
