Why aren't photos on the Desktop thumbnails on my iMac???

Simple Question....sure there's a simple answer.
My macbook displays photos (on DT or in a folder) as a thumbnail, but my iMac just shows them as a curled edged page thingamajiggy.
What did I click??? (;
ANyone? - Cheers. - John

click anywhere on your desktop and then enter command+j. in the resulting popup check the box "show icon preview"

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