House Maid Collection

French maid taking a break and enjoying a cigarette before her next duty calls.... Date: 1910s

Housemaid Carries Coals
The housemaid brings up a scuttle full of coal

A British maid
A maid, dressed in a crisp white apron, stands in front of the property where she works. c. 1910

Market Reports Series - Sugar in Good Demand
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Sugar was in good demand! Two toddlers reach out from their high chairs in vain toward the sugar bowl

Spring-Cleaning in the Library
A maid gets distracted by books and newspapers in a library. Date: 1923

Tennis Illustrated - Comic Postcard - A Weak Return A Policeman aids a totally sozzled young gentleman to return to his abode into the rather shocked care of the housemaid. Date: circa 1903

Crossword Craze - Distracted housemaid
The Crossword Craze What Lizzie was late with the lunch! A housemaid gets totally distracted trying to finish her crossword and completely forgets to do her cleaning or prepare the midday meal

Bulldog eats child
Addled Ads, Wanted section. " Bulldog for sale. Will eat anything - very fond of children." A maid looking alarmed as a bulldog has eaten a child in her care. Date: circa 1910s

Butler & New Maid
The butler inspects the new housemaid, warning her that her progress is in his hands Date: 1906

Housemaids Reference
Printed letter from Miss J A Wright, proprietor of a servants agency, requesting a character reference for Margaret Seaton applying for a situation as Under Housemaid Date: 1895

Servants Clothing
Appropriate clothing for a parlourmaid, a cook, and a housemaid Date: 1906

Berliet Automobile
A fabulous Berliet car with a full compliment of passengers

Housemaid Flirting
The housemaid flirts with an errand boy

Housemaid / Fresh Laundry
A smiley housemaid carrying freshly laundered and ironed tableware

Maid Tends to Fire
An Edwardian housemaid kneels on the rug as she tends to one of the bedroom fires

Housemaid Brushes Carpet
The housemaid of a large Edwardian house brushes one of the many large dusty rugs on her hands and knees

Housemaid Dusting
A housemaid in a large Edwardian house dusting the dressing table and polishing the brass bed ends

Servants in Kitchen
Servants in the kitchen - the parlourmaid comes through the door while the housemaid and the cook are talking

Housemaid Hovering
The housemaid hovers in attendance while her mistress drinks her tea, in case there should be something for her to do

Butter Making 1886
The Churn: The housemaid and a little girl share the task of making butter

Churchgoers 1886
Sunday: The housemaid and others go to church on their day of rest

Housemaid Baking 1886
Thursday: The housemaid bakes bread, cakes and other goodies

Housemaid Scrubbing 1886
Friday: The housemaid scrubs the staircase

Housemaid hangs the washing out (Tuesday)
Tuesday: The housemaid hangs the washing out on the line

Housemaid sewing (Saturday)
Saturday: The housemaid does some sewing repairs

Housemaid does the laundry (Monday)
Monday: Ruth the housemaid does the laundry, unhappy because its raining and she won t be able to hang it out to dry

Housemaid ironing clothes (Wednesday)
Wednesday: The housemaid irons the clothes

Maid and Mistress
A housemaid comes in with a note while the lady of the house is rolling out pastry

Tea on the Table
A visitor receives a genuine welcome, with tea ready on the table, and the fire stoked to a frenzy by the housemaid

Housemaid (Petherick)
London characters: a HOUSEMAID uses her broom to sweep the front steps of the house where she is employed

Abbe and Housemaid 1780
A French Abbe, whose mind should be on higher things, takes a close interest in a servant girl who wears a sack-back gown hitched up to form a bustle/polanaise

Servant Shows in Visitor
A maid shows a lady visitor into the drawing room of a well-to-do household

Butler and Housemaid
The butler invites the housemaid to share a bottle of their masters wine

Cook & Housemaid
Cook and housemaid in the kitchen

Carrying Things
Two servants carry their burdens upstairs - the footman carries a letter on a tray, the housemaid carries a scuttle full of coals

Scrubbing Step
A housemaid scrubs the front step of a London house while the cook goes out to do her early morning marketing

Tending the Lamps
A London housemaid tends the table-lamps

Housemaid & Bottle
After the dinner-party, a housemaid looks in the wine bottle to see if there is any left for her

Housemaid & Tray
A maid carries a breakfast tray while the bell rings from another room

Housemaid and Grate
A housemaid on her knees cleans a grate with black lead and elbow grease

Housemaid Polishes Floor
A maidservant on her hands and knees polishes a floor with beeswax and turpentine

Housemaid Instructions
The housemaid reads her instructions for the day

Housemaid & Hot Water
A housemaid hurries with cans of hot water for a guests morning toilet

The Morning Gossip a housemaid exchanges news with her neighbours as she sweeps the front steps

Victorian Kitchen 19C
A woman sits reading by the kitchen range

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