The five photographs Two were taken in 1917 and three in August 1920, mostly showing the girls with fairies or a gnome.
1 Sources 5 Connections Elsie and Frances Cousins. In 1917 Elsie Wright was 16 and Frances Griffiths, newly arrived from South Africa, was 9. Frances died in 1986 and Elsie in 1988.
1 Sources 3 Connections Cottingley Beck The stream at the bottom of the garden in Cottingley, West Yorkshire. The girls said they went there to see the fairies.
1 Sources 1 Connections Edward Gardner A leading Theosophist who promoted the photos. In 1920 he gave the girls two cameras and 24 secretly marked photographic plates.
1 Sources 3 Connections The Theosophical Society The photographs became public in 1919 after Elsie's mother attended its meeting in Bradford.
1 Sources 1 Connections Arthur Conan Doyle The author of Sherlock Holmes. He contacted Gardner in June 1920, used the photos in a fairy article for the Christmas 1920 Strand, and published The Coming of the Fairies in 1922.
1 Sources 2 Connections The Strand Magazine, December 1920 The issue carrying Doyle's article and the photos. It sold out within days.
1 Sources 1 Connections Kodak It examined the photos but declined to issue a certificate of authenticity.
1 Sources 1 Connections Princess Mary's Gift Book The book Elsie copied the fairies from: three dancing fairies drawn by Claude Shepperson. The picture is Shepperson's original drawing.
1 Sources 1 Connections The 1983 confession In 1983 the cousins admitted in a magazine article that they had photographed cardboard cut-outs held up with hatpins. Elsie said the fifth photo was faked; Frances insisted it was genuine.
1 Sources 2 Connections took were staged at brought the photos to gave cameras to contacted published in declined to certify was the source of the fairies in admitted faking made Control map, One finger scrolls the page. Two fingers move or zoom the map.
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Work The five photographs Two were taken in 1917 and three in August 1920, mostly showing the girls with fairies or a gnome. User contribution ↑ took Elsie borrowed her father's camera. Sources 1 Person Elsie and Frances Cousins. In 1917 Elsie Wright was 16 and Frances Griffiths, newly arrived from South Africa, was 9. Frances died in 1986 and Elsie in 1988. User contribution ↓ were staged at Taken by the stream at the bottom of the garden. Sources 1 Place Cottingley Beck The stream at the bottom of the garden in Cottingley, West Yorkshire. The girls said they went there to see the fairies. User contribution Person Elsie and Frances Cousins. In 1917 Elsie Wright was 16 and Frances Griffiths, newly arrived from South Africa, was 9. Frances died in 1986 and Elsie in 1988. User contribution ↓ took Elsie borrowed her father's camera. Sources 1 Work The five photographs Two were taken in 1917 and three in August 1920, mostly showing the girls with fairies or a gnome. User contribution ↑ gave cameras to In 1920 he supplied two cameras and 24 marked plates. Sources 1 Person Edward Gardner A leading Theosophist who promoted the photos. In 1920 he gave the girls two cameras and 24 secretly marked photographic plates. User contribution Person Edward Gardner A leading Theosophist who promoted the photos. In 1920 he gave the girls two cameras and 24 secretly marked photographic plates. User contribution ↑ brought the photos to At the society the photos came to Gardner's attention. Sources 1 Organization The Theosophical Society The photographs became public in 1919 after Elsie's mother attended its meeting in Bradford. User contribution ↓ gave cameras to In 1920 he supplied two cameras and 24 marked plates. Sources 1 Person Elsie and Frances Cousins. In 1917 Elsie Wright was 16 and Frances Griffiths, newly arrived from South Africa, was 9. Frances died in 1986 and Elsie in 1988. User contribution Person Arthur Conan Doyle The author of Sherlock Holmes. He contacted Gardner in June 1920, used the photos in a fairy article for the Christmas 1920 Strand, and published The Coming of the Fairies in 1922. User contribution ↓ contacted He contacted Gardner in June 1920. Sources 1 Person Edward Gardner A leading Theosophist who promoted the photos. In 1920 he gave the girls two cameras and 24 secretly marked photographic plates. User contribution ↓ published in His article with the photos ran in the December 1920 issue. Sources 1 Work The Strand Magazine, December 1920 The issue carrying Doyle's article and the photos. It sold out within days. User contribution More shared clues (8) AI research is a draft. Read the sources and check the context.
