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MILLIE-CHRISTINE (Millie and Christine McKoy, 1851–1912). CARTE-DE-VISITE PORTRAIT. Savannah: Ryan’s Art Gallery, ca. 1870s. Albumen print on cardstock mount with imprint to verso. 41/8 × 2½". With: History and Medical Description of the Two-Headed Girl (Buffalo: Warren, Johnson & Co., 1869). 32pp., lacking wrappers. Autobiographical sketch of Millie-Christine, also known as the Two-Headed Nightingale, The Eighth Wonder of the World, and The Carolina Twins, who were born into slavery in 1851, and sold to a showman before they were one year old. They were exhibited in the U.S. and abroad by several managers and owners. After the Emancipation Proclamation ended their slave status, they continued to perform, including in P.T. Barnum’s American Museum.