Lost Gallery: Album - The Poole Twins

From two separate "antique" malls in Amarillo come this set of photographs.

The photographs are of two women who were twins. Their photographs were in a jumble with several others but the connections were obvious. From the subjects and the sparse notations on the reverse of a few, this album of the Poole Twins was assembled.

A few of them are identified on the reverse but most are not. It is difficult to tell them apart.

It appears the two were both teachers. They must have touched many lives.

They are pictured individually, occasionally with a friend or a group but mostly just the two of them. Most importantly, they are pictured with some of their school classes.

According to City Directories of the time, they apparently lived together all their lives. They lived at 503 S Gillespie, Pampa, TX and then they moved to a home at 321 Tuke, in Pampa, across the street from the school where they taught. Both buildings are gone now.

How did these family photographs become abandoned photographs? We will probably never know. But here we pay tribute to two women who apparently dedicated their lives to teaching children.

I wish I had known them.

The Poole Twins.

On reverse:
5 or 6 yrs.
Jackie - Jodie

There's that utility pole again!

Graduation Photographs.

The borders of the prints and the gowns differ slightly on two of these meaning possibly that it was two separate graduations. But in the background, the curved walks and the trellis and the balcony railing indicate the two photo-sessions were probably in the same location.

Hm. Long coats and palm trees?

Now we know they were born in 1918.

Judging from the irregular layout detail of these three prints, they were probably from a home darkroom.

I don't know. Maybe some trickery in the dark room?

On Reverse
Taken as we
started to S. S.
on the twins fifth birthday
Also the children's
new dog, and
their birthday
wagon.

It was an impossible task to put these photographs in any dating order. Too many unknowns. Here are a couple more of the twins when they were younger.

The next segment will include several snapshots of each girl alone.

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