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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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Portrait of Harold Gauer at Typewriter

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Description: 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 Ga...
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John Doolittle as a Rumor Monger

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Description: For Smiles magazine. Playing a political rumor monger, in character clothes.
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John Doolittle: "Ward Worker"

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Description: This character of a "ward worker" photograph was taken for Smiles magazine. On the wall behind the man a small American flag is propped on the apart...
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Character Portrait of Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer

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Description: Political photograph of Bloch and Gauer in costume taken to illustrate Capital and Labor working together.
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Harold Gauer Posing as a Political "Type"

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Description: Gauer as a political player. He is wearing a top hat, holding papers smoking a cigar, and gesturing with his left hand. This photograph was meant to illust...
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Victor Ehr and Robert Vail

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Description: Amusing photograph taken to be sold to Smiles magazine. Ehr is selling Vail a bottle marked, "Skull Oil."
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Comic Portrait of Ed Sachs, Harold Gauer, and D. Reid Ross

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Description: Humorous picture of the "Joe Must Go" group in funny outfits sitting on a stairway. The "Joe Must Go" group was trying to get enough signatures to get Joe ...
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Harold Gauer with Cigarette

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Description: Gauer "promo" photograph taken with a stack of his just published book: "How to Win in Politics," outlining Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer's modern campaign...
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Sid Sitting in Chair

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Sid sitting in an office at a desk or table. He has a cigar in his mouth. Behind him are standing file cabinet and boxes of supplies.

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