Millie-Christine 2-Headed Girl Poster

Wonderful Two-Headed Girl Poster

Siamese Twins Millie & Christine

circa 1870

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WONDERFUL TWO-HEADED GIRL POSTER

SIAMESE TWINS MILLIE & CHRISTINE McKOY (1851-1912)

LA BELLE ÉPOQUE, 1870

Original Period Woodcut

Edition: Unknown

Publisher: Unknown

Size: One-sheet

Woodcut on paper, mounted on linen

Signed: unsigned

Wonderful Two-Headed Girl Poster, 1860s. Millie and Christine McKoy (1851-1912), African-American Slave Conjoined Twins, were African-American pygopagus conjoined twins who went by the stage names "The United African Twins",  "The Carolina Twins", "The Two-Headed Nightingale" and "The Eighth Wonder of the World". The twins traveled throughout the world performing song and dance for entertainment, overcoming years of slavery, forced medical observations, and forced participation in fairs and freak shows. The twins were conjoined at the lower spine and stood at an approximately 90-degree angle to each other. On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation ended their slave status and they were no longer anyone's property. Before their emancipation, the girls had been showcased in fairs and freak shows in several U.S. cities and even Montreal, Canada.

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Millie and Christine

Subject: Millie & Christine McKoy Siamese Twins

Creation Year: circa 1870

Dimensions: One-sheet

Medium: Woodcut on paper, mounted on linen

Movement/Style: La Belle Époque

Period: 1871-1914

Condition: Very Good