Below the Stairs
A digital Library on Domestic Servants in the 19th and early 20th Centuries Created by William Dickinson, Susan Kelly and Sara Kumerow Graduate Students at University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
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A Moment Aside
Painting of a servant washing clothes by a river as a man, who appears to be a soldier, flirts with her. It's a romanticised view of the scene.
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Dora Agnes Sanderson, domestic servant, arrested for theft
photo of domestic servant who was arrested for stealing jewelry and clothing