Millie Christine, "The Two Headed Nightingale"

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  • Millie Christine, "The Two Headed Nightingale"
DateLate 19th century
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 5 3/8 × 3 15/16 in. (13.7 × 10 cm)
Mount: 5 11/16 × 4 3/16 in. (14.4 × 10.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Roger Ager Collection, Liberty, Texas
Object number98.23
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceRoger Ager Collection, Liberty, Texas; given to MFAH, 1998.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top in pencil in pencil "Millie Christine / Born July 11th 1851."
label on mylar cover "SIAMESE TWINS / BORN 2.00 / JULY 11TH, 1851 / JOINED AT THE HIP"
recto top right edge a printed label "MILLIE CHRISTINE / 'THE TWO HEADED NIGHTINGALE' "

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