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  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, dancing with two young men. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Violet (Viola declinata): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, performing with clarinets, wearing top hats. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, being wooed by two young men. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, one sewing, one using a typewriter. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, head and shoulders, wearing fur coats. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, one sewing, one using a typewriter. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, trying on hats in a hat shop. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, dressed for bed, kneeling to say their prayers. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, wearing swimsuits, posing as though about to dive. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, sitting on a small grand piano, holding ukeleles. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Trojan high frequency (violet-ray) electrical outfits for health and beauty / John Shaw & Sons, Wolverhampton, Ltd.
  • Trojan high frequency (violet-ray) electrical outfits for health and beauty / John Shaw & Sons, Wolverhampton, Ltd.
  • Trojan high frequency (violet-ray) electrical outfits for health and beauty / John Shaw & Sons, Wolverhampton, Ltd.
  • Trojan high frequency (violet-ray) electrical outfits for health and beauty / John Shaw & Sons, Wolverhampton, Ltd.
  • Two flowering plants: a phlox (Phlox subulata) above a violet (Viola hederacea) Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after A. F. Lydon.
  • Optics: colour scales for violet and yellow. Colour mezzotint [?] by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1868, after J. Silbermann.
  • Pro-vitamin (Ergosterol) + ultra-violet light = vitamin d (anti-rachitic) : Vitamin D in the 'Allenburys' foods.
  • Violet and Daisy : English Siamese twins : "if we have interested you kindly tell your friends to visit us.".
  • Violet and Daisy : English Siamese twins : "if we have interested you kindly tell your friends to visit us.".
  • Violet and Daisy : English Siamese twins : "if we have interested you kindly tell your friends to visit us.".
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, with the Meyers, with whom they lived and who managed them. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Summer in Winter with the Vi-Tan ultra-violet home unit : helps you weather the weather / The Thermal Syndicate Ltd.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1797, after P. Violet after C. Maratta.
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
  • [Folded single sheet programme for an appearance by Daisy and Violet Hilton, "reigning sensation of vaudeville, San Antonio's Siamese twins". Includes many photographs of them from the age of 3 months].
  • [Folded single sheet programme for an appearance by Daisy and Violet Hilton, "reigning sensation of vaudeville, San Antonio's Siamese twins". Includes many photographs of them from the age of 3 months].