Playing with the Fairies
In 1917, Francis Griffiths and Elsie Wright, ten and sixteen years old respectively, borrowed a camera from Elsie's father to provide proof that they saw fairies near Cottingley Beck. Elsie's father dismissed the two resulting photos as a prank; Elsie's mother, who developed an interest in Theosophy, brought the photos to the attention of her local Theosophical Society in 1919.