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Gruss von dem Wundermädchen Bianka aus Italien.
Date: [between 1900 and 1909?]
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The heteradelph, or, Double-bodied boy : introduced to the public at Dr. Kahn's museum, 4, Coventry Street, Leicester Square, London a lecture / by Joseph Kahn.
Kahn, Joseph.Date: [between 1860 and 1869?]
Archives and manuscripts
M0012237: Broadside of the Biddenden Maids, Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst.
Date: 1951Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/109/28
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Archives and manuscripts
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M0010050: Red clay plate decorated with an image of conjoined twins, 1680
Date: 25 June 1947Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/88/64
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Ephemera
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The wonderful two-headed nightingale : the eighth wonder of the world / Sanger's Royal Amphitheatre.
Date: [1877?]
Books
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The Carolina twins / by Wm. H. Pancoast.
Pancoast, William Henry, 1834-1897.Date: [1871]
Ephemera
Oversize ephemera. EPH+35.
Videos
The girl with eight limbs.
Date: 2008
Books
Studies on the morphology and morphogenesis of human thoracopagic monsters : with special reference to the malformation of the heart / [F. Ysander].
Ysander, Fredrik.Date: 1924
Ephemera
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Advertisement : To all gentlemen and ladies . There are newly arriv'd two monstrous girls, being one of the greatest wonders in nature that was ever seen ; they were born with their backs fasten'd to one another, and the passages of their bodies are both one way ...
Date: [between 1702 and 1714]
Ephemera
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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.
Date: [1912?]
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[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].
Date: 1860
Ephemera
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Galyon siamese twins : no.1 phenomenal sensation of the show world : two heads, four arms, four legs, one body : Donnie, Ronnie, alive.
Date: [1957?]
Books
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Account of the Siamese twin brothers, from actual observations : For sale, only at the exhibition room, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.
Hale, James W.Date: [1829]
Ephemera
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[Folded leaflet (turquoise paper - copies on purple paper exist) advertising appearances of 'The Pygopagi Twins', Josepha and Rosalie Blazek, conjoined twins, in some sort of performance at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London, in late 1880. The "Bohemian" twins were under the patronage of the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and other distinguished personages. The twins both died at the age of 45. ].
Date: 1880
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[Newspaper clipping (The Standard, 1 June 1871) about Millie Christine, the Two-Headed Nightingale, Anna Swan, the Nova Scotian giantess and Captain George Martin van Buren Bates, the great Kentucky giant, appearing at Willis's Rooms, King Street, St. James's, London].
Date: 1871
Ephemera
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Twins share one vision : 'incredible' sisters stun experts by seeing through each other's eyes.
Date: 2011
Ephemera
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The Siamese twins.
Ephemera
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Extraordinary birth / A.I.H.
Date: [approximately 1829?]
Ephemera
Oversize ephemera (A1). Box ++76.
Books
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An historical account of the Siamese twin brothers, from actual observations.
Hale, James W.Date: 1831
Ephemera
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Violet and Daisy : English Siamese twins : "if we have interested you kindly tell your friends to visit us.".
Date: [1914?]
Books
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Lives, adventures, anecdotes, amusements, and domestic habits of the Siamese twins : one of the greatest wonders of the present time, being two perfectly formed persons, whose bodies, by a singular caprice of nature, are united together as one / by J.N. Moreheid.
Moreheid, J. N.Date: 1850
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[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].
Date: 1855
Videos
Born with two heads.
Date: 2006

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Gruss von dem Wundermädchen Bianka aus Italien.

The heteradelph, or, Double-bodied boy : introduced to the public at Dr. Kahn's museum, 4, Coventry Street, Leicester Square, London a lecture / by Joseph Kahn.

M0012237: Broadside of the Biddenden Maids, Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst.

M0010050: Red clay plate decorated with an image of conjoined twins, 1680

The wonderful two-headed nightingale : the eighth wonder of the world / Sanger's Royal Amphitheatre.

The Carolina twins / by Wm. H. Pancoast.

Oversize ephemera. EPH+35.

The girl with eight limbs.

Studies on the morphology and morphogenesis of human thoracopagic monsters : with special reference to the malformation of the heart / [F. Ysander].

Advertisement : To all gentlemen and ladies . There are newly arriv'd two monstrous girls, being one of the greatest wonders in nature that was ever seen ; they were born with their backs fasten'd to one another, and the passages of their bodies are both one way ...

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.

[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].

Galyon siamese twins : no.1 phenomenal sensation of the show world : two heads, four arms, four legs, one body : Donnie, Ronnie, alive.

Account of the Siamese twin brothers, from actual observations : For sale, only at the exhibition room, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

[Newspaper clipping (The Standard, 1 June 1871) about Millie Christine, the Two-Headed Nightingale, Anna Swan, the Nova Scotian giantess and Captain George Martin van Buren Bates, the great Kentucky giant, appearing at Willis's Rooms, King Street, St. James's, London].

Twins share one vision : 'incredible' sisters stun experts by seeing through each other's eyes.

The Siamese twins.

Extraordinary birth / A.I.H.

Oversize ephemera (A1). Box ++76.

An historical account of the Siamese twin brothers, from actual observations.

Violet and Daisy : English Siamese twins : "if we have interested you kindly tell your friends to visit us.".

Lives, adventures, anecdotes, amusements, and domestic habits of the Siamese twins : one of the greatest wonders of the present time, being two perfectly formed persons, whose bodies, by a singular caprice of nature, are united together as one / by J.N. Moreheid.

[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].

Born with two heads.