Chang and Eng (Conjoined Twins) | The Far-Famed Siamese Twins! And Their Children!

Chang and Eng (Conjoined Twins)

Immense Attraction! Two Exhibitions Combined in One! Boston: F.A. Searle, [1866]

Broadside (610 x 220 mm). Numerous fonts, two engraved vignettes, one of Chang and Eng with their children, and the other of Hoomio and Iola, presumably in Australia; old folds, minor creasing, foxing. Matted, framed, and glazed with Plexiglas; not examined out of frame.   

The "re-Appearance of the Far-Famed Siamese Twins! And Their Children!"

"After seclusion of of thirteen years from public life, the Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng, respectfully announce to the public that they are now about to make a Farewell Tour of the United States, where they trust the same liberal patronage bestowed on their first travelling tour will be accord them on these, their Grand Farewell Entertainments!" (broadside text).

The present broadside also prominently advertises Hoomio and Iola, "The Wild Australian Children!" 

REFERENCE:

Exemplars, p. 228; EE, pp. 146-7