Elsie Wright Frances Griffiths

Elsie Wright Frances Griffiths. Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths Alice and the Fairies (Circa 1920) MutualArt In the end, the tale of Elsie Wright, Frances Griffiths, and the fairies of Cottingley stands as a fascinating chapter in the history of photography and deception The curious tale of the Cottingley Fairies began in the summer of that year, when nine-year-old Frances Griffiths and her mother returned to England from South Africa to stay with the Wright family in Cottingley, West Yorkshire

The Midg camera, typical of the period, was a relatively simple box. They obliged, rounding out the series with a total of five photos.

Elsie Wright Und Frances Griffiths

In mid-1917 nine-year-old Frances Griffiths and her mother - both newly arrived in England from South Africa - were staying with Frances's aunt, Elsie Wright's mother, Polly, in the village of Cottingley in West Yorkshire; Elsie was then 16 years old Conan Doyle's article was a hit, gaining popularity in both the United States and Australia As the photos exploded into an international sensation, Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths were given cameras of their own and asked to take even more photos in 1921

Elsie Wright And Frances Griffiths. A photograph of Frances Griffiths (1907-1986) taken by her cousin Elsie Wright (1901-1988) using her father Arthur's Midg quarter-plate camera Conan Doyle's article was a hit, gaining popularity in both the United States and Australia

Real Fairy Pictures 1917. Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths used a Midg quarter-plate camera to take their famous fairy photographs and was manufactured by W Butcher & Sons, London, from 1902-1920 That summer, the pair enjoyed spending their days playing beside a stream at the bottom of a garden behind Elsie's house.