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  • Collection: Images

maid ironing.jpg
Black and white photo of a house maid ironing a lace doily with a GE iron

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4276179815_33f9981b16_z.jpg
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows Otto Hermann Kahn (1867-1934), a banker, philanthropist, and arts patron. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Dora Agnes Sanderson, domestic servant.jpg
photo of domestic servant who was arrested for stealing jewelry and clothing

governesswithtwogirls_killburne_1873.jpg
Painting of a governess with two of her young charges, i.e. the two girls she cares for

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Ireland Curraghmour House.jpg
Group photo of the household staff at Curraghmore House in County Waterford, Ireland. The house was (and still is) owned by the De La Poer Beresfords. Note the powder on the hair of the footmen.

maid by Glackens for Puck.jpg
Maid with mop, broom, soap, brush, bucket, etc.

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Servants Doing the Laundry.jpg
Black and white photo of two female servants doing the laundry.

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La Chocolatière (The Chocolate Girl)
painting of a maid carrying water and a cup of chocolate

Quietest Little Lam.jpg
An drawing of a governess carrying a screaming infant. Black and white. Newspaper illustration.
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