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Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer
circa 1950-1959
Robert Bloch & Harold Gauer play poker sitting at a table strewn with cards and chips.
Gauer and Bloch Posing with Woman
circa 1950-1959
Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch, both smoking, pose humorously with an unidentified woman who holds a notepad and pen.
Bloch and Gauer with Balloons
circa 1950-1959
Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer posing indoors, making goofy faces while they hold balloons with faces drawn on them.
Robert Bloch with Fake Nose
1950 - 1959
Author Robert Bloch wearing a prosthetic pig-like nose, wig, and makeup.
Robert Bloch at Movie Event
1960
Frank Chimera, Rochelle Hudson and Robert Bloch (in eyeglasses) are seated at a table at an event related to the release of the film Strait Jacket. A pack of cigarettes, matches and an ashtray are ...
Robert Bloch
circa 1950-1959
A rare "straight" portrait of author and Gauer friend Robert Bloch, which was taken for a series Gauer called "how they looked then."
