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Robert Bloch at Typewriter
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Robert Albert Bloch, author of Psycho, surrounded by tall bookshelves full of books, is sitting in front of a typewriter with an open cigarette case full of cigarettes, a bottle of Wing Fhung Hong, and a pile of papers.
circa 1950-1959
Gauer, Harold
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Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer
circa 1950-1959
Robert Bloch & Harold Gauer play poker sitting at a table strewn with cards and chips.
Gauer and Bloch Posing with Woman
circa 1950-1959
Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch, both smoking, pose humorously with an unidentified woman who holds a notepad and pen.
Robert Bloch with Eyeglasses and Cigarette
circa 1950-1959
Robert Bloch, wearing a suit and tie, is posed with a cigarette in his right hand.
Robert Bloch At Home
circa 1959
Bloch at his work space in his home in Los Angeles.
Robert Bloch with Buster Keaton
circa 1950-1959
Robert Bloch with an aged Buster Keaton.
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."
