Full-length studio albumen CDV portrait of famous conjoined twin performers Millie and Christine McKoy. Brown, Barnes & Bell, [n.d.]. Photographer's imprint to lower margin. Signed "Millie Christine" to verso, along with date "1885 / Jany- 14". 

Born into slavery on a plantation in southeastern North Carolina, the sisters were sold several times as children and were twice abducted by people looking to exploit them. Eventually, they came to be owned by Joseph Smith, who toured the sisters through the United States, Canada, and Europe. They were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation and continued to tour internationally. A talented singing duo, the sisters were successful enough to purchase the property where they were born and build a grand home where they lived until their deaths. In early October 1912, Millie died after contracting tuberculosis. Christine was unable to be safely separated and died the next day. Though they had separate personalities, they were often referred to by one name, "Millie-Christine" and are themselves quoted as saying, "Although we speak of ourselves in the plural, we feel as but one person."

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