Details
Creator Ollivier, Horace, photographer.
Title Millie Christine, "the Two Headed Nightengale." [graphic] / Ollivier, 466 5th Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. near Tenth Street.
Publisher New York
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1889
Date [ca. 1889]
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on mount ; mount 17 x 11 cm.(6.5 x 4.25 in.) (cabinet card format)
Description Full-length portrait of the African American conjoined twins and performers posed near an arm chair. The women are attired in a long-sleeved damask dress with front ruching. Each wears a lace neckerchief, an adornment in her hair, and earrings. Millie (on the left) holds a fan in her hands. A backdrop illustrated with a changing screen is visible in the background. The twins were born in Whiteville, North Carolina on July 11, 1851, to Jacob and Monemia McKoy who were enslaved to Jabez McKay. Various enslavers and managers exhibited the twins nationally and internationally. By the end of the 1880s, the twins retired to a farm in their home state of North Carolina.
Notes Title printed on mount.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Date inferred from address of photographer.
See History and medical description of the two-headed girl:...(Buffalo, N.Y.: Warren, Johnson, & Co., 1869). (LCP Am 1869 Hist, 70318.D).
Lib. Company. Annual report, 2015, p.42-43.
Purchase 2015.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
RVCDC
Biographical / historical note Horace Ollivier operated his studio from 466 5th Avenue between 1889 and 1903.
Subject McCoy, Christine, 1851-1912 -- Portraits.
McCoy, Millie, 1851-1912 -- Portraits.
African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Portraits.
African American women -- Clothing & dress -- New York (State) -- New York -- Portraits.
African American women entertainers -- New York (State) -- New York.
Conjoined twins -- New York (State) -- New York.
People with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York.
Genre Cabinet photographs -- 1880-1890.
Portrait photographs -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cabinet card - sitter - Millie [P.2015.23.2]
Accession number P.2015.23.2