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MILLIE-CHRISTINE.
Millie Christine, The Renowned Two Headed Lady,
8th Wonder of the World * 2-Headed Girl. Millie-Christine, carte-de-visite. Two
(2) pieces.
Chromolithographic souvenir with “A Human Miracle, Millie-Christine” on
the verso, along with a paragraph of sensational data about the twins. Stain on the reverse,
not apparent from the front.
Np, [New York?], 1870’s—1880’s
[600/800]
Carte de-visite, together with a chromolithographic souvenir form one if their concerts. The souvenir
probably dates from the late 1880’s given the height of the girls.
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MILLIE-CHRISTINE.
”I was born in the State of North Carolina,
Columbus Co. . . and Pronounced by Scientists to be the Eighth Wonder of the
World.”
Cabinet card photograph of the famous conjoined twins.
New York, circa 1870’s to 1880’s
[700/1,000]
An unusual souvenir of one of the twins’ concert. On the reverse, the twins speak in first person: “I
was born. . . “ But most interesting is the long poem that follows, signed [in print] by the twins.:
T ’is not modest of oneself to speak But daily scanned from head to feet I freely talk of everything
Sometimes to persons wondering Some people say I must be two The Doctors say it is not true Some
cry out humbug till they see And then exclaim ‘Great Mystery.”
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BETHUNE, THOMAS “BLIND
TOM.”
Coming, The Great Musical
Prodigy of the Age!. . . Blind Tom.
Large and elaborate theatre poster, 27 x 9
1
⁄
2
inches with center engraved vignette of
Tom seated at the piano (5 x 7
1
⁄
2
inches),
printed in a wide variety of fonts of dif-
ferent size; faint creases where folded;
some very light wear along the edges;
small closed tear. Matted and framed.
Cincinnati, 1874
[4,000/6,000]
A magnificent pictorial theatre broadside for
one of Blind Tom’s concerts. At this point in
Tom’s career he had developed a number of spe-
cial parts to his act, in addition to simply
playing the piano—which to many was a won-
der unto itself. Tom had devised a number
wherein he would face away from the keyboard
and play a complex piece backward. This
means that what ever the left hand would nor-
mally be playing, the right would now play,
and vice versa. Also, Tom would sing operatic
pieces in German, French and English.
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