Mounted newspaper clipping from Boston Herald announcing "Laloo" at Austin and Stone's Museum, December 1891.

Mounted newspaper clipping from Boston Herald announcing "Laloo" at Austin and Stone's Museum, December 1891.

Boston Herald

Twins, conjoined

Newspaper Clipping

Long rectangular mounted newspaper clipping from the Boston Herald, announcing "Laloo", a boy with a parasitic twin growing from his midsection, at Austin and Stone's Museum. Clipping has image of Laloo and describes his physical appearance. Advertisement states this was a "special attraction for the Christmas holidays". Admission charged to view Laloo was ten cents.

Boston Herald

December 20, 1891

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Clippings (information artifacts)

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Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 21004

This newspaper clipping was printed in the Boston Hearld in December 1891, and was an advertisement for "Laloo" at Austin and Stone's Museum. The clipping was mounted and found in the collections of the Warren Anatomical Museum.

Newspaper clipping

12.5 W x 41 D cm