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Bookmark or Share- Cottingley Fairies: How Sherlock Holmes's creator was fooled by hoax - BBCIn December 1920 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle unwittingly gave credence to one of the greatest hoaxes of the 20th Century when he published the now world-famous Cottingley Fairies photos. But how was...
- What are the Cottingley Fairies – British FolkloreWhat are the Cottingley Fairies? The Cottingley Fairies hoax was a series of five photographs taken by two cousins (Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths) in 1917 and 1920. The pictures appeared to be a real-life illustration of fairies, and many people came to believe that the pictures were authentic. Cottingley Fairies – 1917 Photographs
- The Cottingley Fairies: A Study In Deception - Google Arts & CultureExploring two girls from West Yorkshire and one of the greatest hoaxes of the twentieth century. By Leeds University Library Galleries. Cover of The Strand Magazine, Christmas...
- Cottingley Fairies: The Photo Hoax That Fooled Kodak and ... - PetaPixelA photo hoax, fairies, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? This is the wild and insane story of the Cottingley Fairies Photo Hoax.
- The Cottingley Fairies | National Science and Media Museum blogIn 1917, Frances Griffiths and her cousin Elsie Wright began the creation of a series of five photos in which they appeared in the company of fairies. The series became known as the Cottingley Fairies photographs. Elsie, who was 15 at the time, saw it as a practical joke to play on adults; Frances, then 10, wanted to justify herself—her ...
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