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  • Conjoint twins, known as the African Twins. Wood engraving.
  • [Small print (1860?) of Christina and Millie McCoy, 'The African Twins' (or Two-Headed Nightingale) conjoined twin girls, born in North Carolina in 1851. Their mother was a slave].
  • [Small print (1860?) of Christina and Millie McCoy, 'The African Twins' (or Two-Headed Nightingale) conjoined twin girls, born in North Carolina in 1851. Their mother was a slave].
  • [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 bold type). They were conjoined twin girls, born in North Carolina in 1851. Their mother was a slave].
  • [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].
  • [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].
  • Four figures: Geneviève, an albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin; the conjoint twins Hélène and Judith; and Maria Herig who had a skin disease. Engraving after J. de Sève, 1777.
  • Millie Christine : the two headed nightingale ...
  • Millie Christine : the two headed nightingale ...
  • The Millie-Christine sisters, conjoined twins, standing. Photograph by Bertin, c. 1874.
  • The Millie-Christine sisters, conjoined twins, standing. Photograph, c. 1871.
  • The Millie-Christine sisters, conjoined twins: aged 19, standing. Photograph, 1871.