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Signed Photograph of Conjoined Twins and Performers Daisy & Violet Hilton
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Signed Photograph of Conjoined Twins and Performers Daisy & Violet Hilton

1920 - 1940
Description

A signed photograph of the conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton wearing evening dressand fox stoles, with inscription top left ‘For Frank…..Violet and Daisy Hilton 3/2?/1933’. Framed, the incription faded.

Daisy and Violet Hilton (1908 – 1969) were conjoined twins, born in Brighton, to an unmarried mother and barmaid who gave them up at birth. They were exhibited in Europe as children, and toured the United States in sideshows, vaudevill and burlequese shows in the 1920s and 1930s. They were acomplished dancers and musicians and best known for their film appearances in the film 'Freaks' and the biographic 'Chained for Life'(1951).

After years of being managed professionally, and held captive, by their legal guardians, in the early 1930s, on the advice of Harry Houdini they were legally emancipated.

See the wikipedia entry for a full biography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_and_Violet_Hilton

Physical Dimensions
Height
24cm (9.45")
Width
19.5cm (7.68")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Declaration

Hand of Glory has dated this piece to the 1930s.

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SA1004410
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SKU00000486
Description
A signed photograph of the conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton wearing evening dressand fox stoles, with inscription top left ‘For Frank…..Violet and Daisy Hilton 3/2?/1933’. Framed, the incription faded.
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Daisy and Violet Hilton (1908 – 1969) were conjoined twins, born in Brighton, to an unmarried mother and barmaid who gave them up at birth.
Hand of Glory

They were exhibited in Europe as children, and toured the United States in sideshows, vaudevill and burlequese shows in the 1920s and 1930s. They were acomplished dancers and musicians and best known for their film appearances in the film 'Freaks' and the biographic 'Chained for Life'(1951).

After years of being managed professionally, and held captive, by their legal guardians, in the early 1930s, on the advice of Harry Houdini they were legally emancipated.

See the wikipedia entry for a full biography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_and_Violet_Hilton

Height
24cm (9.45")
Width
19.5cm (7.68")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Date of Manufacture

Hand of Glory has dated this piece to the 1930s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1004410
Dealers Internal Ref
SKU00000486
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Signed Photograph of Conjoined Twins and Performers Daisy & Violet Hilton
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