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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Description: | Political "masterminds" at work during the Zeidler campaign in rented offices. |
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Description: | Spoofing as the "Big Boys" in their rented offices during the Zeidler campaign. |
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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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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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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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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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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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Description: | Campaign photograph of Clausen in his office at his implement factory. |
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Description: | Unknown person, sometime during the Fred Clausen campaign, in Milt Polland's office. |
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