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The Cottingley Fairies refers to a series of five photographs taken by Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright, two young cousins living in Cottingley, near Bradford, England.
The first two photos were taken in 1917. They were publicized in 1920 when The Strand (home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories) published a piece by Doyle showing the first two photographs and describing them. Griffiths and Wright were then given 24 photographic plates and took three more photos in August 1920. They blamed constant rainfall, but rainfall was at the lowest point in the year during August. This is now seen as proof that they had to discard several failed attempts. The photos showed the fairies as small humans with period style haircuts, dressed in filmy gowns, and with large wings on their backs. One picture is of a gnome, about 12 inches tall, dressed in a somewhat Elizabethan manner, and also with wings.
At the time, the photos were viewed by some as evidence of fairies, most notably Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the famed author of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle wrote a book called The Coming of the Fairies, about the Cottingley Fairies and his belief in them.
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