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(ENTERTAINMENT.) Carte-de-visite and advertising cards of the conjoined twin performers Millie and Christine.
Estimate:
$600 - $900
Sold
$700
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Printed & Manuscript African Americana
Description
(ENTERTAINMENT.) Carte-de-visite and advertising cards of the conjoined twin performers Millie and Christine. 3 items, as described.
No place, circa 1883
Carte-de-visite portrait of the conjoined twins Millie and Christine McCoy, born into slavery and exhibited across the world in concerts as the Two-Headed Nightingale. We have not seen any other examples of this image, or any with them wearing these distinctive crowns. Albumen photograph, 3½ x 2¼ inches, on original plain mount; minor foxing. No place or date.
With--Two copies of "Millie Christine, the Renowned Two Headed Lady. 8th Wonder of the World." Chromolithographic cards, each about 5 x 3 inches, both cropped to image, each with different promotional text on verso by "John B. Doris' Great InterOcean, Largest and Best Show on Earth." [Cincinnati, OH]: [Strobridge Lithographing], circa 1883.
No place, circa 1883
Carte-de-visite portrait of the conjoined twins Millie and Christine McCoy, born into slavery and exhibited across the world in concerts as the Two-Headed Nightingale. We have not seen any other examples of this image, or any with them wearing these distinctive crowns. Albumen photograph, 3½ x 2¼ inches, on original plain mount; minor foxing. No place or date.
With--Two copies of "Millie Christine, the Renowned Two Headed Lady. 8th Wonder of the World." Chromolithographic cards, each about 5 x 3 inches, both cropped to image, each with different promotional text on verso by "John B. Doris' Great InterOcean, Largest and Best Show on Earth." [Cincinnati, OH]: [Strobridge Lithographing], circa 1883.
