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Editorial Office Group Portrait

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Description: In the editorial offices of "Weird Tales" in Chicago. William R. Sprenger, secretary-treasurer of Weird Tales; Farnsworth Wright, editor; Henry Kuttner wri...
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Character Dentist Scene

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Description: While waiting for the dentist, William Powell and Robert Bloch pre-enact the struggle. Both Bloch and Gauer had many medical emergencies in their lives due...
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Portait of Robert Bloch: Rental Office and Secretary

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Description: Bloch rented an office and a secretary so that he could dictate and complete eight stories. It was short-lived. Gauer's caption: Dictator, Water Cooler, Se...
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Forrest Flower Studio Portrait

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Description: Forrest Flower in his studio posing for a "formal" picture. Flower was a Wisconsin regional WPA artist known for working in the "socialist" style. Flower w...
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Robert Bloch

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Description: Elevated view of Robert Bloch at the Gus Marx ad agency. Gauer credits Bloch with changing Marx into a real "nut." Bloch was expecting to inherit the agenc...
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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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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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Tom Amlie Staff and Supporters

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Description: Tom Amlie with supporters and staff taken outside of headquarters. Ed Brown was a "fixer" sent by the party heads in Washington, D.C. Some of the unknown p...
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Portrait of Charles Bensen

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Description: Bensen was the head of the Milwaukee Press Club. Pose was supposed to be an imitation of someone's "look" who was a newsman.
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Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch in Office

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Description: Political "masterminds" at work during the Zeidler campaign in rented offices.
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Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer

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Description: Spoofing as the "Big Boys" in their rented offices during the Zeidler campaign.
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Tom Amlie at Typewriter

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Description: Photograph of Amlie working at a desk. The photograph was taken for his race with Smith in the Racine district.
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Commercial Portrait of Polland, Rubin, and Reagles

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Description: Humorous photograph taken for an insurance company magazine. Harry Rubin was an insurance broker for Milt Polland. B.W. Reagles was being given a try-out b...
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John Bohn

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Description: Taken as a possible campaign photograph, this is a picture of Mayor John Bohn, who replaced Carl Zeidler when he left for World War II. Bohn was then reele...
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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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Tom Amlie

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Description: Campaign photograph for Tom Amlie at typewriter.
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Max Pollack, Robert Bloch, Harold Gauer, and Milt Polland

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Description: Group portrait of the total team working on the election campaign of Carl Zeidler. Max's nickname was "Max the Axe." Milt Polland always wanted to be photo...
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Fred Clausen

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Description: Campaign photograph of Clausen in his office at his implement factory.
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Person Unknown

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Description: Unknown person, sometime during the Fred Clausen campaign, in Milt Polland's office.

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