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Photographs taken by Miss Helen Poole, mostly of
her Sixth Grade classes at Troy Elementary School throughout her
career as a teacher. Includes class photographs, personal snapshots,
a holiday choral music performance, a slide of Africa with rivers
outlined used in her classroom, and preparations for and the
subsequent performances of a number of different marionette plays.
Helen Poole's class was known for its marionette play activities,
which involved creating the stage and characters as well as
performing for each other. Written on the back of one snapshot of a
performance in pencil: "Giant's wife brings in his money
bags."