The Story of Elsie and the Fairies

Elsie's father, arthur wright, developed the first photograph in his dark room. He wasn't impressed - what were all the pieces of paper in the foreground? Fairies, said elsie. Nonsense, said her father. Aew weeks later, they took a second photograph,. this time of elsie wearing a hat, sitting on the grass and holding hands with a tiny, prancing gnome. The images had made their way to the influential mystic edward gardner. Edward gardener wanted large, sharp, spectacular prints to frame and hang on his wall. So he paid harold snelling to make these prints. Snelling told gardener that the pictures looked