It Takes Two

Portraits of twins, from the 1850s to 1950s.

National Library of Wales

Twin boys "who milk their cow everyday to get milk for their cats," Llanderfel, Wales, 1959.  Source

Yale Joel, LIFE © Time Inc.

Twin sisters reading, 1963. Source

Reykjavik Museum of Photography

Twins in straw hats, 1909-1910, Iceland. Source

New York Public Library

The Abbott Twins, late 19th century. Source

New York Public Library

The Adair twins, 1920s. Source

National Library of New Zealand

Twin girls amongst flowers, Wellington, New Zealand, 1958. Source

© IWM (D 10559)

Twin boys evacuated from London brushing their teeth, England, 1942. Source

Yale Joel, LIFE © Time Inc.

First-grade twins at the blackboard, 1963. Source

Bernard Hoffman, LIFE © Time Inc.

Twin sisters saying their bedtime prayers, 1947. Source

Paul Schutzer, LIFE © Time Inc.

The Kalin twins on stage, NYC, 1958. Source

State Library of New South Wales

The acrobatic Turner Twins, 1937. Source

Powerhouse Museum

A woman holding twin babies, ca. 1900. Source

Carlo Bavagnoli, LIFE © Time Inc.

Fashionable twins in London, 1966. Source

Fritz Goro, LIFE © Time Inc.

Teenage twins in the car, 1944. Source

New York Public Library

Picture frame illusion, 1939-1940.  Source

Fritz Goro, LIFE © Time Inc.

And again, 1944. Source

© IWM (A 21245)

Twin seamen aboard the HMS London, World War Two. Source

Fritz Goro, LIFE © Time Inc.

Teenage twins with a real mirror, 1944. Source

George Eastman House

Daguerreotype of twin sisters, ca. 1855.  Source