The Second Installments: Antique Shop and the Colonial Bedroom
Though there are endless things to say about the dollhouse in its first 1947 edition, it appears Mrs. Fisher was not yet finished in her creation, for she added two more rooms shortly before her first public showing in 1953: the Antique Shop and the Colonial Bedroom!
Black and White Photograph of Mrs. Fisher's Antique Shop in her Dollhouse.
![<a href="/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=50&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=A+Black+and+White+Photograph+of+the+Colonial+Bedroom%2C+created+by+Mrs.+Fisher%2C+%5Bca.+1950s-1960s%5D">A Black and White Photograph of the Colonial Bedroom, created by Mrs. Fisher, [ca. 1950s-1960s]</a>](https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/thumbnails/179fe85f97fb3308fec0a00ec850f931.jpg "<a href=\"/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=50&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=A+Black+and+White+Photograph+of+the+Colonial+Bedroom%2C+created+by+Mrs.+Fisher%2C+%5Bca.+1950s-1960s%5D\">A Black and White Photograph of the Colonial Bedroom, created by Mrs. Fisher, [ca. 1950s-1960s]</a>")
A black and white photograph of the Colonial bedroom in Mrs. Fisher's dollhouse.
Interest in her work grew as Mrs. Fisher was heralded by many newspapers!
One quote from the Sunday Independent said:
“[The exhibit] [d]epicts each account in the room so intentionally that it was proposed in the papers that should archaeologists discover the piece, they could easily comprehend “the ways and manners of American life to evaluate two centuries of our evolution.”
![<a href="/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=50&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=A+Clipping+of+a+Newspaper+Article+entitled%2C+%22Mrs.+Fisher%27s+Collection+to+Be+Seen%3A+Hospitals+To+Be+Aided+From+Display%2C%22+Published+by+the+Sunday+Independent%2C+%5Bca.+1950s-19960s%5D">A Clipping of a Newspaper Article entitled, "Mrs. Fisher's Collection to Be Seen: Hospitals To Be Aided From Display," Published by the Sunday Independent, [ca. 1950s-19960s]</a>](https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/files/fullsize/8eed669c406ded0062431198ad4079ca.jpg "<a href=\"/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=50&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=A+Clipping+of+a+Newspaper+Article+entitled%2C+%22Mrs.+Fisher%27s+Collection+to+Be+Seen%3A+Hospitals+To+Be+Aided+From+Display%2C%22+Published+by+the+Sunday+Independent%2C+%5Bca.+1950s-19960s%5D\">A Clipping of a Newspaper Article entitled, \"Mrs. Fisher's Collection to Be Seen: Hospitals To Be Aided From Display,\" Published by the Sunday Independent, [ca. 1950s-19960s]</a>")
Through their lens, many viewed Mrs. Fisher's work a catalogue of the times, where one might experience history from the colonies to the boon of the 1950s.