- Creator:
- Bertin, Louis, b. ca. 1827
- Published / Created:
- circa 1874-1886
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 100
- Collection Title:
- Photographs of Millie-Christine.
- Container / Volume:
- Folder 2
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Abstract:
- A carte-de-visite photograph created by Louis Bertin, circa 1874-1886. Bertin was a photographer in Brighton, England, 1874-1886.
- Description:
- Acquired from various sources. For more information refer to the material in the collection. and Millie-Christine (1851-1912), also known as Millie McKoy and Christine McKoy were African American conjoined twins and entertainers. Millie-Christine were born on July 11, 1851, to Monemia and Jacob, slaves owned by Jabez McKay on a plantation in Welches Creek, North Carolina. Around eighteen months after their birth, McKay sold the girls to Joseph Pearson Smith (1815-1862) of Wadesboro, North Carolina. Smith and his wife, Mary Aleff Cooper Smith (1822-1893) educated the twins; they could speak five languages, dance, play music, and sing. During their lifetime, Millie-Christine enjoyed a successful career as "The Two-Headed Nightingale." On October 8, 1912, Millie died of tuberculosis, while doctors euthanized Christine.
- Subject (Name):
- Bertin, Louis, b. ca. 1827., Millie-Christine, 1851-1912, and Millie-Christine,--1851-1912--Portraits.
- Subject (Topic):
- African American entertainers--Pictorial works, African American women--Pictorial works., African American women--Portraits., Conjoined twins--Pictorial works., and Conjoined twins--Portraits.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Carte-de-visite photograph of Millie-Christine with flowers]
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