December 2, 2011

Picture Collection: I’ll Be Your Mirror

Everyone likes pals who dress alike—including, coincidentally, this contributor from another great blog Rookie about teenagers.

In the New York Public Library’s Picture Collection folders there are many, many noteworthy examples of individual style, but what stood out to me were those who made originality a team sport.

Twinsies, double trouble, partners in crime, whatever you want to call them: the phenomenon is so widespread there are not one but two blogs dedicated to it, and a Twitter.

These pictures cover a period of over 50 years, proving either that matching get-ups never go out of style or that dressing like your best buddy is simply more fun.

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The pictures collected here are from the New York Public Library’s Picture Collection, a room full of folders upon folders of pictures. The images are torn from books and magazines, mounted onto thick card stock and cataloged by subject. Amelia will now have a weekly feature sharing her vintage image finds from the Picture Collection—