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Oversize ephemera. EPH+33.
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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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Harry H. Hargrave presents Guadalupe and Josefina Hinojosa : siamese twin girls born grown together in Havana, Cuba, November 15, 1912.
Date: [1915?]
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[Folded leaflet (purple paper - copies on turquoise paper exist) advertising appearances of 'The Pygopagi Twins', Josepha and Rosalie Blazek, conjoined twins, in some sort of performance at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London, in late 1880. The "Bohemian" twins were under the patronage of the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and other distinguished personages. The twins both died at the age of 45. ].
Date: 1880
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[Undated newspaper cutting (March 1869) advertising The Nova Scotia Giantess, Anna Swan, the Siamese twins and the Circassian Lady at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London].
Date: 1869
Books
̄Fæt Sayām ʻIn-Čhan khon khū sū chīwit / [Wilāt Niransuksiri].
Wilāt NiransuksiriDate: 2549 [2006]
Film
Craniopagus.
Date: 1967
Books
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Report of an autopsy on the bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker, commonly known as the Siamese twins / by Harrison Allen.
Allen, Harrison, 1841-1897.Date: 1875
Books
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An historical account of the Siamese twin brothers, from actual observations.
Hale, James W.Date: 1834
Ephemera
Freak shows ephemera. Box 3.
Videos
Inside the human body. Part 1, Creation.
Date: 2011
Ephemera
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Betty Williams : official post card of Ripley's "Believe-it-or-not" Odditorium : a century of progress, 1934.
Date: 1934
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Report of the autopsy of the Siamese Twins : together with other interesting information concerning their life.
Date: 1874
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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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Two of the cleverest dwarfs ever before the public, none excepted, most intelligent, most symmetrically formed, most pleasing & pleasant in appearance & conversation & the most accomplished actors, expert & skilful swordsmen, graceful dancers & fine pantomimists : Count Rosebud, Baron Little Finger.
Date: 1844
Books
The two : a biography / by Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace.
Wallace, Irving, 1916-1990.Date: 1978
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Samar (Siamese) twins : two boys six years old, joined together for life.
Date: [between 1900 and 1909?]
Ephemera
[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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First tour in Great Britain : during the fair, £1,000 challenge to the world! to produce the equal of Lallo [sic], the greatest living wonder in the world : a native of Lucknow, central India : Lalloo... simply a boy and girl joined together... / James Norman and M.D. Francis, proprietors.
Date: [1887?]
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Mr. Smith's exhibition : to be seen twihin, the Norfolk Giant 17 years of age, 7 feet 2 inches high, and weighs 20 stone, also the African Lady! in her native costume ... also Tom Thumb, the celebrated dwarf, also the extraordinary wonder of the creation, the infant male child & its mother with 2 perfect heads and necks on one body ...
Date: [1849]
Archives and manuscripts
M0016592: Peruvian vessel in the form of conjoined twins
Date: 1958Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/149/42
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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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
Videos
The boys joined at the head.
Date: 2008
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[Illustrated leaflet advertising appearances by "De Tweelingen van Siam", Chang and Eng, in Amsterdam, June 1836. May 1837].
Date: [1836?]
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[Copy of a broadside printed by R. Weston of Biddenden, Kent, giving a brief history of the Siamese twins Elisabeth and Mary Chulkhurst, the 'Biddenden maids'. ].
Date: date of publication not identified

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Oversize ephemera. EPH+33.

Harry H. Hargrave presents Guadalupe and Josefina Hinojosa : siamese twin girls born grown together in Havana, Cuba, November 15, 1912.

[Undated newspaper cutting (March 1869) advertising The Nova Scotia Giantess, Anna Swan, the Siamese twins and the Circassian Lady at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London].

̄Fæt Sayām ʻIn-Čhan khon khū sū chīwit / [Wilāt Niransuksiri].

Craniopagus.

Report of an autopsy on the bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker, commonly known as the Siamese twins / by Harrison Allen.

An historical account of the Siamese twin brothers, from actual observations.

Freak shows ephemera. Box 3.

Inside the human body. Part 1, Creation.

Betty Williams : official post card of Ripley's "Believe-it-or-not" Odditorium : a century of progress, 1934.

Report of the autopsy of the Siamese Twins : together with other interesting information concerning their life.

[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].

The two : a biography / by Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace.

Samar (Siamese) twins : two boys six years old, joined together for life.

[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].

First tour in Great Britain : during the fair, £1,000 challenge to the world! to produce the equal of Lallo [sic], the greatest living wonder in the world : a native of Lucknow, central India : Lalloo... simply a boy and girl joined together... / James Norman and M.D. Francis, proprietors.

M0016592: Peruvian vessel in the form of conjoined twins

[Small handbill advertising Millie Christine, the Two-Headed Nightingale, and Harvey's Midges (smallest people in the world), appearing at the Piccadilly Hall, London].

The boys joined at the head.

[Illustrated leaflet advertising appearances by "De Tweelingen van Siam", Chang and Eng, in Amsterdam, June 1836. May 1837].

[Copy of a broadside printed by R. Weston of Biddenden, Kent, giving a brief history of the Siamese twins Elisabeth and Mary Chulkhurst, the 'Biddenden maids'. ].