Reference code
LIB/ME/AE/28
Level of description
Item
Title
Programme. Piccadilly Hall, 17 February 1885. Miss Millie Christine, the two-headed nightingale
1885
Extent and medium
1 programme
Corporate name
Piccadilly Hall (London, England)
Scope and content
Programme, Piccadilly Hall, 17 February 1885. 'two receptions daily' by Miss Millie Christine making her 'Farewell tour of the world'. 'Postively last and only appearance in London of the two-headed nightingale'. The bill includes 'Harvey's marvellous midges'.
Millie McCoy and Christine McCoy (1851-1912) were conjoined twins from North Carolina who endured a life as freakshow artistes.