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LIB/ME/AE/20
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LIB/ME/AE/20
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Title
Advertising handbill. Opinions of the Press (on the 'two-headed Nightingale')
1870
Extent and medium
1 handbill
Scope and content
Advertising handbill, Headed 'Opinions of the Press' and providing a list of reviews of the appearances of the 'two-headed Nightingale' from British and American newspapers. With a small engraved illustration at the head.
Millie McCoy and Christine McCoy (1851-1912) were conjoined twins from North Carolina who endured a life as freakshow artistes. The London news extracts of May 1871 also include reference to Miss Anna Swan, a Nova-Scotian lady of eight foot accompanied by Captain Martin Van Buren Bates of the same height on the same stage.