(MUSIC) MILLIE CHRISTINE W C Coups Equescurriculum The Two H

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(MUSIC.) MILLIE-CHRISTINE. W. C. Coup's Equescurriculum. The Two-Headed Nightingale. 2 Heads, 4 Arms, 4 Feet, 1 Body, Every Afternoon and Night. Woodcut, engraved advertisement, 9x5-7/8 inches, printed on orange paper-covered stiff cardstock; three tiny pinholes in the corners. New York, circa 1879

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A rare advertisement for the conjoined twins Millie-Christine, appearing at super impresario W. C. Coup's Equescurriculum, in New York City. Coup (1837-1895) was a Wisconsin businessman who partnered with P. T. Barnum and Dan Castello in 1871 to form the traveling "P. T. Barnum's Museum, Menagerie and Circus." Previously Barnum had a museum at a fixed location in New York City. Coup's idea of a traveling circus allowed him to bring his curiosities to more paying customers via a circus train. Coup opened the Equescurriculum around 1878.