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Gauer with Makeup and Pig-Nose
circa 1960-1969
A shirtless Harold Gauer wearing elaborate facial make-up, a wig, and a prosthetic pig-like nose, and smoking a pipe.
Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer
circa 1940-1949
Spoofing as the "Big Boys" in their rented offices during the Zeidler campaign.
Portrait of Marion Bloch
circa 1940-1949
"Dress" photograph of Marion Bloch taken at Harold Gauer's Brady Street apartment.
Portrait of Alice Bedard
circa 1940-1949
Alice Bedard posing on table in Harold Gauer's Brady Street apartment.
Portrait of Alice Bedard
circa 1940-1949
Formal portrait of Alice Bedard, taken in Harold Gauer's Brady Street apartment.
Robert Bloch with Fake Nose
1950 - 1959
Author Robert Bloch wearing a prosthetic pig-like nose, wig, and makeup.
