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

Wanted 1821.JPG
newspaper advertisement for servants

harpersweekly_outofsight.jpg
This editorial cartoon depicts a black coachman waiting outside in the cold for his mistress. He asks a young boy to tell his mistress that the chimney is on fire so she will come out and they can go home. The cartoon is titled "Out of Sight, Out of…

6799543821_09ee5057d5_z.jpg
Agnes Bruxner, a governess, tutors Miss Gouley who's reading a book

Buttering her Heels.jpg
A dialog between a mistress and a kitchen maid where the maid misunderstands her mistress' pronunciation of "eels" for "heels"

njp.32101073306076-1517793801.pdf
A guidebook on how to serve at table, clean boots, address employers and their guests. All the aspects of the position of Footman

Duty to Domestic  Help.pdf
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.
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