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12019-12-18T18:41:11+00:00Joelle Thomas0feb3b2b7a8befeee2c7d2d710d303ed96772141Cottingley Fairies: GalleryJoelle Thomas11very realism, much convincinggallery2020-02-27T18:39:51+00:00Joelle Thomas0feb3b2b7a8befeee2c7d2d710d303ed96772141
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1media/37753612-D16F-4D46-B70D-741FBA37E229.jpegmedia/37753612-D16F-4D46-B70D-741FBA37E229.jpeg2019-12-18T19:35:45+00:00"I Have Convinced Myself": The Cottingley Fairies and the Desire to Believe38CF0plain2020-02-27T15:10:21+00:00 In 1917, two young cousins borrowed a camera to take photographs of the fairies that they claimed appeared near a small stream where they liked to play. The resulting prints would become an international sensation, drawing in Spiritualists, skeptics, Kodak technicians, and one of the era's most famous writers.
