Codice albumGBB-F-002665

Codice inventarioGBB-F-002665-0000

1865 ca, USA : The American conjoined twins sisters Millie and Christine McKoy (1851 1912), ho went by the stage names The Two-Headed Nightingale and The Eighth Wonder of the World. Millie and Christine were born on July 11, 1851, to Jacob and Monemia McKoy who were slaves of a North Carolina blacksmith, Jabez McKay. Mille and Christine were handled by several managers before being reclaimed by Smith in Britain in 1857. Smith traveled to Britain to collect the girls and brought with him their mother, Monemia, from whom they had been separated. He and his wife provided the twins with an education and taught them to speak five languages, dance, play music, and sing. For the rest of the century, the twins enjoyed a successful career as Two-Headed Nightingale, and appeared with the Barnum circus. In 1869, a biography on the twins, titled History and Medical Description of the Two-Headed Girl, was sold during their public appearances. Millie and Christine died of tuberculosis

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