The Cuban Twins : Guadalupe and Josefina : born in Havana, Cuba, November 15th, 1912.

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[1915?]
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The Cuban Twins : Guadalupe and Josefina : born in Havana, Cuba, November 15th, 1912. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Postcard showing Guadalupe and Josefina Hinojosa, conjoined twins, linked at the chest and sharing a liver. They were separated in 1916 or 1917, the liver going to Josefina, meaning Guadalupe died soon afterwards. This postcard would probably have been sold as a souvenir at places where they were exhibited as part of a freak show.

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Davenport, Iowa : Commercial Photographic Company, [1915?]

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1 sheet : illustrations, portrait ; 14 cm

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