Dolly the two headed cow is very familiar to me the man in the photos is my Grandpa John E. Thomson and the woman  is my Aunt Jackie Thomson.

 

Dolly was born in National City, CA on the family farm. She died from pneumonia at the age of 13.

 

She had fallen on some ice while boarding a train and broke her front leg.  My Uncle Carl, who was showing Dolly at the time because my Grandpa had died, had her stuffed but she wasn't prepared correctly and her skin deteriorated rapidly.

 

The photos on your site are actually publicity postcards my Grandpa had printed for handouts.

 

Dolly toured the circuit doing fairs and such. She even was shown at the World' Fair in New York.

 

Her favorite food to eat was watermelon.   Dottie Thomson-Kruse

 

 

 

 

Upper card has no Printing on bottom right

 

 

Card has New York Worlds Fair 1939 - 1940 Printed bottom right

 

 

 

 

Card has New York Worlds Fair 1939 - 1940 Printed bottom right

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

ONE BODY                                                                                                                                  TWO HEADS

DOLLY”

 

The only Cow in the World with Two Heads or Three Horns, born April fourth, 1936 on the Blue Ribbon Dairy near San Diego, Calif. One of a pair of Twins, the two calves weighing 180 pounds at birth the largest on record in the world.  Her heads are Male on the left and female on the right, Three Horns forming a perfect Triangle.  She blinks her four eyes at the same time and breaths through her four Nostrils, her health has been perfect and she has been on exhibition since nine days of age, exhibited in 36 states of the Union and in the Dominion of Canada, shown at the State Fairs of Calif., Ill., Mo., Ind., Ky., Penn., N.J., Md., Fla., and Texas, also the World’s Fair at San Diego and New York City.  On her right side is pictured in the natural hair an outline of the map of North America, a dog, and two birds, while on the left is a camel, a lamb and other marking which the attendants will be glad to show you when you are visiting us.  Exhibited by J. ELVIN THOMSON, National City, Calif.  There is a standing offer of One Hundred Thousand Dollars for another like her.

 

FOUREYES                                                                                                    THREE HORNS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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