McCoy, Christine, 1851-1912.

Images from the collections

Images featuring McCoy, Christine, 1851-1912.

21 images from works

Works from the collections

17 works

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[Newspaper cutting (1871? The Times?) about an appearance of Christina and Millie McCoy, 'The African Twins' or Two-Headed Nightingale (with Anna Swan, the Nova Scotian Giantess and Captain Bates, a Kentucky Giant). They were conjoined twin girls, born in North Carolina in 1851. Their mother was a slave].
Date: 1871
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[Illustrated handbill advertising an appearance of Christina and Millie McCoy, 'The African Twins' (or Two-Headed Nightingale) at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London on 17 September 1855 (in lighter type). They were conjoined twin girls, born in North Carolina in 1851. Their mother was a slave].
Date: 1855
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[2 newspaper clippings (The Standard, 31 May 1871 and 1 June 1871) about Millie Christine, the Two-Headed Nightingale, Anna Swan, the Nova Scotian giantess and Captain George Martin van Buren Bates, the great Kentucky giant, appearing at Willis's Rooms, King Street, St. James's, London].
Date: 1871
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[Small handbill advertising Millie Christine, the Two-Headed Nightingale, and Harvey's Midges (smallest people in the world), appearing at the Piccadilly Hall, London].
Date: 1885
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The wonderful two-headed nightingale : the eighth wonder of the world / Sanger's Royal Amphitheatre.
Date: [1877?]

Twins, Conjoined

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities

Piccadilly (London, England)

Giants (Folklore)

Dwarfs (Persons)