Face to face with a happier future
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Face to face with a happier future

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · May 26, 1955

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

The 7-1/2-month-old Andrews twins, Christine Mary (left) and Deborah Marie, are shown as they faced each other for the first time before a camera. The babies, born joined at the head, were successfully separated in a four-hour operation at Chicago's Mercy Hospital on April 21st.

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