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Peeking Under the Circus Tent

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Description: Local boys peek under the tent to avoid paying the 25 cent admission fee to see the circus.
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Capitol Park Statue "Forward"

Date: 1893
Description: "Forward", the statue created by Jean Pond Miner of Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Women's Memorial at the Columbian Exposition in 1893. The statue is seen on...
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Portrait of Two Men on Chair

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of two seated men with their legs crossed toward each other. One man has his arm over the chair back, and is sitting on the arm of the chai...
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First Congregational Church

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the First Congregational Church.
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Girl in White Dress

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Description: Studio portrait of a girl standing in a white dress, holding up a part of her dress and resting her hand on a chair in front of a painted backdrop.
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Log Cabin

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Description: Log cabin in Northern Wisconsin.
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Portrait of Harold Gauer: Mad Scientist

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Description: Gauer with his "personality made" skull. Gauer caption: Mad scientist, and he was plenty sore too.
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Bloch Family on Porch

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Description: Robert Bloch and his family pose on their second floor porch at the flat they rented at 2626B Maryland Avenue. This was during Bloch's work at the Marx age...
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Portrait of Robert Bloch: Behind Fantstic Magazine

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Description: Bloch wearing a top hat and reading one of his published stories in Fantastic magazine. This is not a Gauer photograph, but a copy of a negative of ...
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Portait of Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch: Geekmaster and Geek

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Description: Bloch dressed as the "Geekmaster" and Gauer as the "Geek." Gauer is "geeking" a wooden snake in the photograph. It was to be used to illustrate an unpublis...
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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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Character Portrait of Victor Ehr: Hat and Wig

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Description: Character costume photograph of Ehr, taken when he was on leave for the service. Ehr went on to be the head of the chamber of commerce for Baton Rouge, Lou...
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Robert Bloch as a "Political Type"

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Description: A series of photographs taken to illustrate "political types." On the wall behind him a small American flag is propped on the apartment intercom.
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Portrait of Alice Bedard

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Description: Formal portrait taken of Bedard by Harold Gauer.
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Unidentified Woman in Hat

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Description: Possibly a picture of Harold Gauer's brother Norman's "exotic oriental' dancer wife. Photograph was taken in the Brady Street "Lab."
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Portrait of an Unidentified Woman

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Description: Possibly Lee Wong, Norman Gauer's (brother of Harold Gauer) "exotic oriental" dancer wife. Photographed in the Brady street "Lab."
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Backyard Portrait

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Description: Alice Bedard, Harold Gauer's mother, Vernie Beck (nee Rachowski, first marriage Gauer), and Vernie's siser, Selma Rackowski.
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Portrait of Marion Bloch

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Description: Formal portrait of Robert Bloch's wife, Marion. On the wall a small American flag is propped on the apartment intercom.
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Angie Vail in Costume

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Description: Costume party picture of Angie Vail (nee Siajn) taken by Harold Gauer at the Brady Street apartment. The party was during the war years. On the wall a smal...
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Angie Vail in Hat and Boots

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Description: Angie Vail (nee Siajn) in "exotic" costume. Photograph may have been a "girlie" shot taken for Bob Vail.

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