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Model Warplane
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A man carrying a model airplane, possibly an F2G Corsair, and a remote control transmitter. His shirt reads: "DAVE" and has a patch depicting an airplane. Caption reads: "Dave Gauer carried his warplane off the field after if [sic] stalled and crashed during landing."
July 10, 1989
Cassidy, George R. (Milwaukee, Wis.)
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Model Builders' Reunion
1984
A reunion of former members of Hangar 13, an organization of Beloit boys that built and raced model airplanes during the 1930s.
Harold Gauer Typing with Foot
1950 - 1959
Harold Gauer is sitting at a desk wearing a pinstriped suit. His left foot is bare and "typing" at a typewriter, while he reads a note and talks on the telephone.
People's Craft Co-Operative Product Inspection
December 10, 1968
A man is sitting while examining a small wooden barn. A wooden wheelbarrow and small airplane model are adjacent to the barn. Caption reads: "A small barn, one of the products of the People's Craft...
Robert Bloch
circa 1950-1959
A rare "straight" portrait of author and Gauer friend Robert Bloch, which was taken for a series Gauer called "how they looked then."
Gauer with Fake Beard
circa 1940-1949
A shirtless Harold Gauer is wearing fake fangs, a beard, eyeglasses, a wig, and is holding a scientific test-tube.
Allis-Chalmers Model "B" Tractor
Three-quarter right rear side view of a man driving a tractor. Caption reads: "First choice on thousands of family-operated farms is the Allis-Chalmers MODEL "B" TRACTOR with its matched line of pi...
