Paper silhouette and tools

Description:	This silhouette is the work of Helen E. Fisher, Greenwood, Indiana. She traveled throughout the eastern half of the country between 1932-1942 using her tiny scissors to create more than 60,000 sillies of children, adults and pets. Her work not only reflects the styles and fashion of the 1930s, but continues a time-honored art form. Silhouette cutting was in its prime in the United States between 1770- 1840, at which time the development of photography dimmed the silhouettes popularity. In Fishers time, as well as earlier, silhouettes were done by traveling artists who completed a striking likeness of the subject in less than ten minutes for a very small fee.
Source:	http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/2126
Collection:	The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/;
Copyright:	Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0);
Subjects:	Silhouettes Artists -- Indiana Women artists -- Indiana Women artists Indiana

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