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Group Party Picture on Stairs

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Description: Costume party at Gauer's home on Downer Avenue. Ruthe Distenfeld owned five appliance stores, Bernice Flower was Forrest Flower's wife (WPA Artist), and Be...
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"Classy" Bathroom

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Description: A photograph of a "classy" bathroom that was most likely used in either Cheese or Smiles humor magazine to which Harlod Gauer contributed. Th...
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Harold Gauer Typing with Foot

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Description: 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 tel...
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Man with "Goon History Volume 3"

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Description: An unknown man is posed on a couch holding a book that has been renamed "Goon History, Volume 3."
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Group Posed on Couch

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Description: Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch sit on a couch with Alice Bedard and Marion Bloch situated between them. William Powell and Joyce Vonier sit on the far right...
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Gauer and Bloch Posing with Woman

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Description: Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch, both smoking, pose humorously with an unidentified woman who holds a notepad and pen.
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Bloch at Desk with Cigarette

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Description: Robert Bloch sitting at a large desk with a cigarette in a cigarette holder in his left hand. Behind him is a carved fireplace and elaborate paneled walls.
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Bloch with Monster Make-Up

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Description: Robert Bloch stands posing on a bed with his hands out in front of him and with monster make-up on his face. He is wearing a jacket, shirt, and long pants.
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Man Sitting in Chair

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Description: Side view of a man with a goatee smoking a pipe while sitting in a carved chair made of iron and wood.
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Milt Polland at Desk

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Description: Milt Polland wearing eyeglasses and a bow tie sits at a cluttered desk with framed photographs visible on the wall in the background. Gauer worked for Poll...
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Group With Cigar Smoking Man

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Description: A group of fun-loving friends pose together. In the front row, from left to right, are Harold Gauer, Marion Bloch, Victor Ehr, Mary Jo Vonier and Robert Bl...
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Breaking Up a Fake Fight

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Description: Angie Vail and Alice Bedard pose in an attempt to break up a staged fight between Robert Vail and Sprague Vonier, while Harold Gauer lies on the ground und...
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Bloch in Staged Military Photograph

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Description: Robert Bloch, with cigar, and Robert Vail, holding a pipe. They are both wearing military costumes, staged standing on chairs next to a bed.
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Dark Profile of a Man

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Description: A man wearing a hat sits in profile in a darkened room with a bookshelf behind his back.
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Office or Study

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Description: An office or study, most likely belonging to Harold Gauer, with three framed pictures hanging over a desk, of Robert Bloch, one-time Milwaukee mayoral cand...
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Bloch as King Geek

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Description: Robert Bloch, standing next to shelves of books, in front of a door covered with cardboard. He is wearing the gaudy costume of the King Geek for a photo sh...
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Scene of a Humorous Murder

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Description: Harold Gauer, wearing makeup, a false nose and smoking a cigar, stands next to Alice Bedard, holding a revolver. They are standing over the body of Robert ...
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Angie and Robert Vail in Costume

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Description: Robert Vail, dressed up as a Monk, subtly caresses the thigh of Angie Vail. Vais is smoking and wearing only a tuxedo jacket with a bow tie, hat, and shoes...
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Bloch and Gauer with Balloons

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Description: Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer posing indoors, making goofy faces while they hold balloons with faces drawn on them.
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Packing a Suitcase

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Description: A man in pajamas and a military hat packs a suitcase on the floor of a bedroom.

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