Code des Maîtres et Domestiques
domestic servants | legal issues and court proceedings
legal definitions and laws regarding domestic servants in France
Celliez, Henry
HathiTrust
Paris: Marchant
1905 - Jan - 09
Public Domain
PDF
French
Française
legal codes
conduct guidebook
TD-75
France
Colonial servant-galism. Punch, or the Wellington Charivari
A mistress interviews a prospective female servant
A woman seated at a table interviews a woman, who is standing, for a position as a servant.
Black and white; newspaper cartoon.
Unknown
Alexander Turnball Library of New Zealand, <a href="http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=43856&l=en">http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=43856&l=en</a>
Punch, or the Wellington Charivari
1868
no restrictions
Cartoon in a newspaper
jpg
English
Newspaper cartoon
DS-040
19th Century
New Zealand
Combing My Lady's Tresses
domestic servants | tools and techniques used
domestic servant | female
domestic servant | daily life
Painting of a lady's maid combing her lady's hair. Lady's maids were expected to know how to dress their mistresses' hair in the latest fashions as part of their daily work.
Beranger, Jean Baptiste
Photographic rights copyright Bridgeman Images
jpeg
none
painting
TD-42
July Monarchy
France
Domestic Servant ca. 1900
domestic servants | clothing
Lower Servants--Female | Parlourmaids
Parlourmaids
Unidentified woman standing, wearing apron and cap of a parlourmaid, on table to her left is tea cup and pot.
Unknown
flickr.com
1905 - Mar - 14
Unknown
Public Domain
jpg
image
photograph
DS-001
Gilded Age
Early 20th Century
United States
Dora Agnes Sanderson, domestic servant, arrested for theft
portrait photo of Dora Agnes Sanderson, who was arrested for theft
photo of domestic servant who was arrested for stealing jewelry and clothing
North Shields Police
Tyne & Wear Archives and Museum
North Shields Police Station
January 25, 1906
public domain
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/twm_news/16631926571/in/photolist-4jy9ns-hGmirF-rfVaQn-4jv4et-rkGYjF-b6JR8e-aBZDGg-nMBQgw-92Ag9L-rjx27f-d1h2oS-btZwia-aqQttq-4ibsnW-99nWHi-bA4PAn-cCdi5s-apobUU-5rUqYx-6axgoD">www.flicker.com/commons</a>
jpeg
image
DS-047
Edwardian era
England
Duty to Domestic Help
Editorial advocating for fair treatment of servants
An editorial from the Chicago Daily Tribune urging employers to provide fair treatment and conditions to domestic servants proposing that if servants are treated better more people would choose this job.
Unknown
Proquest Historical Papers
The Chicago Daily Tribune
August 11, 1895
Editorial
PDF
English
Text
Opinion
DS-040
Late 19th Century
Ester Waters
Fallen Women
Kitchenmaid
A novel relating the story of a poor girl who becomes a kitchen maid. She is seduced by a son of her employer.
Moore, George
Project Gutenburg
1905-Mar-08
Public Domain
Text file
English
Fiction
DS-005
Gilded Age
United States
French governess and a girl
A French governess teaches a girl to read
Agnes Bruxner, a governess, tutors Miss Gouley who's reading a book
Unknown
Flickr Commons | State Library of New South Wales
State Library of New South Wales
1898
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/6799543821/in/photolist-uwTN8P-bmRrua" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Flickr Commons</a>
Public domain
Image, jpeg
DS-048
19th Century
Governess with Two Girls
domestic servants | daily life
female servants
domestic servants in art
Senior Servants | Governesses
Governesses
Painting of a governess with two of her young charges, i.e. the two girls she cares for
Kilburne, George Goodwin
Unknown
Not applicable
1873
Unknown
Public Domain
Not applicable
Painting
genre painting
English
painting
Image
TD-60
Victorian Era
Hannah Cullwick
Photo of Hannah Cullwick, a domestic servant who married her employer
Unknown
Public Domain
jpg