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San Antonio's Siamese Twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton, poster
- Title
- San Antonio's Siamese Twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton, poster [graphic]
- Publication
- [between 1920 and 1935]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Still image | Supervised use | MWEZ+++ n.c. 5261 (Daisy and Violet Hilton) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- 1 poster : col.; 107 x 70 cm., on paper backing, 108 x 71 cm.
- Summary
- Advertisement for vaudeville performers Daisy and Violet Hilton, drawn standing, each holding a saxophone.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
- Series Statement
- Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Performing arts posters.
- Note
- "'The sensation of vaudeville', San Antonio's Siamese twins"--Top.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.
- Biography (note)
- Daisy and Violet Hilton, Siamese twins born 1908 to an unwed British barmaid in Brighton, England, were sold at birth to their midwife Mary Hilton, who soon began exhibiting them in public. At Mary Hilton's death, they then became the wards of her daughter Emily, who later married Myer Myers of San Antonio, Texas, where they all moved. Emily Myers continued to profit off her wards, sometimes making as much as $3500.00 per week from their appearances as instumentalists and dancers in side shows, vaudeville, and on the Orpheum Circuit. In 1931, they successfully brought suit against Emily Myers to gain financial control over their own lives. They continued performing, appearing in several movies, and, despite very brief marriages for both of them, they remained alone, dying together in 1969.
- Call Number
- MWEZ+++ n.c. 5261 (Daisy and Violet Hilton)
- OCLC
- NYPG98-F811
- Title
- San Antonio's Siamese Twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton, poster [graphic]
- Imprint
- [between 1920 and 1935]
- Series
- Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
- Additional Formats
- Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.
- Biography
- Daisy and Violet Hilton, Siamese twins born 1908 to an unwed British barmaid in Brighton, England, were sold at birth to their midwife Mary Hilton, who soon began exhibiting them in public. At Mary Hilton's death, they then became the wards of her daughter Emily, who later married Myer Myers of San Antonio, Texas, where they all moved. Emily Myers continued to profit off her wards, sometimes making as much as $3500.00 per week from their appearances as instumentalists and dancers in side shows, vaudeville, and on the Orpheum Circuit. In 1931, they successfully brought suit against Emily Myers to gain financial control over their own lives. They continued performing, appearing in several movies, and, despite very brief marriages for both of them, they remained alone, dying together in 1969.
- Local Note
- Poster edges torn; fully encapsulated.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
- Posters & lobby cards
- Research Call Number
- MWEZ+++ n.c. 5261 (Daisy and Violet Hilton)