Andenken an Emilisa Stoll : die Kopf an Kopf zusammengeachsenen Zwillinge : geb. am 7. Januar 1912 zu Vilbel bei Frankfurt a. M. / Impresario Otto Heinemann, Charlottenburg, Schlüterstr. 12.

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[1912?]
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Andenken an Emilisa Stoll : die Kopf an Kopf zusammengeachsenen Zwillinge : geb. am 7. Januar 1912 zu Vilbel bei Frankfurt a. M. / Impresario Otto Heinemann, Charlottenburg, Schlüterstr. 12. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Postcard printed in black with blue tints showing the twins conjoined at the head (vertical craniopagus), wearing lacy baby smocks lying in a cot, covered in a lacy cover from the waist down. The child was clearly exhibited in a 'Freak show'.

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Lübeck : Nordische Kunstanstalt Ernst Schmidt & Co., [1912?]

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1 sheet : illustrations, portrait ; 9 x14 cm

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