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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The Steward
Painting of an African-American steward preparing to serve dinner. Stewards were generally the highest ranking servants in the household, responsible…
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Dora Agnes Sanderson, domestic servant, arrested for theft
photo of domestic servant who was arrested for stealing jewelry and clothing