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Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer: Masterminds

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Description: Humorous photograph taken shortly after the failed Tom Amlie campaign. They are both posing outdoors as a couple of future "masterminds" in regard to Amlie...
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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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Gauer for Mayor: No Worse Than Anybody Else

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Description: Political poster of Gauer in costume as a candidate for mayor, taken post-Zeidler campaign. Gauer says his motto was: "...clean city hall of deadwood and r...
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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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Robert Bloch Posing as a Sheriff

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Description: Bloch playing the character part of a candidate for sheriff to illustrate a possible book on political "types."
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Bloch and Gauer with Zeidler

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Description: Harold Gauer, Carl Zeidler, Robert Bloch, and unidentified man (possibly Max Pollack). Both Gauer and Bloch are posing humorously in costumes.
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Reuss for Mayor

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Description: Record photograph for the stage as it appeared during the Reuss For Mayor campaign. Second person was an unknown ad agency man sent to help "stump" for the...
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Milt Polland and Max Pollack

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Description: Humorous costume photograph of the two major players in the Carl Zeidler campaign.
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Campaign for Vice President

Date: 09 26 1980
Description: Former Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey, together with Mrs. Lucey, campaigning for vice president on John Anderson's National Unity ticket. They are bot...
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I Like Ike — Again

Date: 1956
Description: Wisconsin Congressman Melvin R. Laird with four supporters of the re-election campaign of President Dwight Eisenhower and Dick Nixon, dressed in special ca...
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Chris Farley in Black Sheep

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Description: Chris Farley's character in the movie Black Sheep enthusiastically offers a political button to a man and a woman. They are standing in a parking lo...
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Costumed Protesters

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Two people are holding up their protest signs while posing for the camera outside the Donald Trump rally. The man on the right is wearing a bunny costume a...
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Protester Holding Up Political Sign

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A man wearing a Guy Fawkes mask is holding up a sign which reads: "Our Grandparents didn't Kill fascist's [sic] just so that we can elect one!" He is stand...
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Donald Trump Mask

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A Trump supporter is posing while holding up a mask of Donald Trump to cover their face. The mask features Trump wearing a red baseball cap with his campai...
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Protester in a Squirrel Costume

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Two men hold up protest signs, both reading "Trump deez [sic] nuts!" The man on the right wears a full body squirrel costume and holds a pair of cloth acor...
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Political Poster Against Deportation

Date: 08 05 2016
Description: A man posing standing outdoors with his protest sign. He is wearing white, black, and red face paint. His sign reads: "Don't Deport Mexicans, Deadpool Need...
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Man in Costume Selling Donald Trump Merchandise

Date: 08 16 2016
Description: A man is posing outdoors in front of a display of his merchandise in a parking lot. He is smiling and giving a thumbs up, and is wearing a white suit jacke...
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Lyndon Johnson Greeted at Airport

Date: 10 30 1964
Description: President Lyndon Johnson accompanied by Governor John Reynolds and Senator Gaylord Nelson is greeted at Mitchell International Airport by girls dressed in ...

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