Miniature 1917 Cottingley Fairies Map, Letter and Pictures Set

Description: True True (``````````` (``````````` 0 286 1645486 566047 0 CDHM_Logo[1].jpg Miniature 1:12 scaleCottingley Fairies COLLECTION Carefully reproduced & digitally enhanced by proud CDHM artisan This wonderful collection includes Envelope based on original sent to Elsie from Sir Conan Doyle Copies of letters from Elsie and Sir Conan Doyle - fit into envelope if required Map showing location of fairies 5 prints of actual photographs of fairies taken by girls and Sir Conan Doyle - will fit into envelope if required Back ground information about the Case of the Cottingley Fairies In July 1917 the pair asked to borrow the camera of Elsie's father, telling him they wanted to take a photo of the fairies they had been playing with all morning. Elsie's father laughingly agreed and showed them how to use the camera. An hour later the girls returned, declaring their project a success. And when Mr. Wright developed the plate that evening, he could see that there did indeed appear to be a fairy posing with Frances in the photo. However, he dismissed the girls' explanation, assuming the picture was some kind of trick. He asked Elsie why there appeared to be "bits of paper" in the photo. Even when the girls took a second photo a little over a month later, showing Elsie with a gnome, the father treated the images as a joke and filed them away. However, Elsie's mother, Polly Wright, had a stronger belief in the supernatural, and was more intrigued by the photos. In 1919 she attended a lecture on spiritualism and following it, she showed the photos to the speaker, asking him if they "might be true after all." The speaker brought the photos to the attention of Edward Gardner, a leader of the Theosophical movement, who in turn asked a photographer, Harold Snelling, to examine them. Snelling declared the photos were "genuine unfaked photographs of single exposure, open-air work, show movement in all the fairy figures, and there is no trace whatever of studio work involving card or paper models, dark backgrounds, painted figures, etc." Once they had received this stamp of approval, the fairy images began circulating throughout the British spiritualist community, and soon came to the attention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Doyle was a passionate believer in spiritualism, and he latched onto the images, convinced they were conclusive photographic proof of the existence of supernatural fairy beings. At Doyle's urging, the girls took three more pictures of fairies in August 1920. Doyle then wrote an article about the photographs that appeared in the December 1920 issue of The Strand Magazine, in which he passionately argued for the authenticity of the images. This article brought the photos to the attention of the wider public and sparked an international controversy that pitted spiritualists against skeptics. Please note that these miniature prints are greatly reduced from the original size. Due to the reduction in size, there is a loss of some clarity of the text. miniature dolls house size photo shows miniature items beside a quarter coin The photographic prints are presented on high quality gloss premium materials These prints will look wonderful in your miniature scene or alternatively may be used in a variety or projects including scrapbooking & card making etc. Paymentplease ask for a combined invoice before paying for multiple items United States Customers Please make your payment within 3 days by paypal - personal e-checks through paypal are also acceptable (US customers only) International customers Please make your payment within 3 days by paypal - we are sorry but e-checks from international customers are not acceptable at this time Shipping We aim to dispatch all orders within 1 working/business day of reciept for payment Purchases will be shipped via United States Postal Service International shipping please contact us for international postal rates International buyers are responsible for any customs duties & taxes imposed in the buyers home country. Please take the time to look at our other miniature prints and miniature items in our storenew products added weekly thanks for looking

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