Maids Collection (page 4)

A couple dressed in their finery, dancing

WW1 Home Front - Milkmaid - Cowleys Dairy, Brighton, Sussex
WW1 - Brighton, Sussex - A Milkmaid from Cowleys Dairy sells milk from a churn on a hand cart. The newspaper billboards in the background announce the exacuation of Warsaw

A washer woman or maid, looking at her reflection in a mirror

A debutante gets ready for court presentation, 1880s
A 20th century impression of a young debutante getting ready to be presented at court. As two maids put the finishing touches to her dress, her mother beams at her proudly

The Debutantes Birthday Ball - Queen Charlotte s
Scenes at Grosvenor House for Queen Charlottes Ball, the pinnacle of the Season for a debutante by the 1950s, showing the girls arriving in their white dresses

The Maids of Elfinmere by D. G. Rossetti
The Maids of Elfinmere by Dante Gabriel Rossetti from Allinghams Music Master, 1855 Date: The

And old woman plucking a Thanksgiving Turkey. American Postcard. Date: 1909

An Old Maids Honeymoon - she flies away in a lemon balloon with her pet cat, crow and yellow canaries. The anchor bears the word hope. Date: 1910

Lyons Easter Egg Girls
Girls from the Lyons factory show off an impressive display of Easter eggs, including a giant one! Date: early 1930s

Japan - Geisha Girl - posing at home with two house staff
Japan - Geisha Girl - posing at her home with two house staff Date: circa 1910s

Sri Lanka - Noss Village maids with Palm Leaf Umbrella. Date: circa 1910s

Two Housemaids and toddler - Edwardian England Date: circa 1900s

Nurses with two little girls
Two little girls sit on the lap of their nurse, another nurse standing behind them. c. 1910

Elderly maid digging in the garden c. 1910

Romance of Tristan and Iseult. Iseult surrounded by her maids. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly. Mus饠 Cond頨 Cond頍 useum)

Ewarts Califont Hot Water Supply, 1927
Advertisement for Ewarts Califont Hot Water Supply, advising you to just turn the tap to enjoy hot, running water. Beyond a bathroom, a maid does the washing in a large butlers sink. Date: 1927

A Study in Contrasts at La Plage by Laurie Tayler
A young woman in a fashionable, sporty green swimsuit emerges from the sea at Le Touquet to be met by her elderly maid with a towel. Date: 1927

The famous Russell Bros. in the pretentious oddity, Maids to order by Frank Dumont and Wm. F. Carrol. Date c1898

Domestic Servants Insurance Act - Comic Postcard
Domestic Servants Insurance Act " I don t care how often I get hurt now, I am insured." A bandgaged housemaid shows her delight at the terms of the Domestic Servants Insurance Act

Maid presents dry-cleaned dress to a lady
A lady looks delighted as a maid presents her with a frock that has paid a visit to Achille Serre Ltd, the famous cleaners and dyers. Date: 1927

Maid answering the door
Did You Ring Sir? Maid answering the door Date: ca. 1847

The Servants Insurance Act - Are we downhearted? No! Three housemaids show delight at the terms of the Domestic Servants Insurance Act

Servants fair
Servants-fair, Vasteras, Sweden. Date: 1858

Coffee morning
Coffee party at Ostersund, early 1900s. The maid will be pouring the coffee. Date: 1900s

Advert for Ewarts Geyser hot water 1925
Hot water instantly night or day, just turn on the tap - Date: 1925

Advert for Ewarts Califront hot water 1927
Advertisement for Ewarts baths and geysers, with a picture of a maid bringing a tray of morning tea to her mistress, who is still reclinging in bed, and clearly too busy to even switch on her bath

Kitchen Maid
A maid, named Ruth, by the stove, 1905. Date: 1905

Cooks in the kitchen
Kitchen, Malmo, Sweden 1904. Date: 1904

Kingsteignton Maypole
The May Queen and her Maids of Honour (and one boy!) by the Maypole, at the Ram Roasting Fair, Kingsteignton, Devon, England, held annually on Whitsun Monday. Date: 1950s

E Richards. Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow. Silver bells and cockle shells, and pretty maids all of a row. 20th century

Maid Packs her Bags
Unable to cope with the drudgery of being an Edwardian servant, the scullery maid packs her bags in her bedroom. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Avelina / Lancaster / Hill
AVELINA COUNTESS OF LANCASTER Wife of Edmund Crouchback (Founder and Earl of Lancaster) Date: - 1269?

French Ladys Maid
A maid helps her mistress with her toilette Date: 1847

Old Maids / Postman / Mail
Two unmarried women of a certain age, waiting to see what the postman has for them - could it be Valentines Day? Date: circa 1910

In the Wash-House
In the wash-house Date: 1906

Servant drinking tea
A servant has a nice sit down and a cup of tea

Robert Herrick in his Devonshire home
My maid (my Prue), by good luck sent, to save that little, fates me gave or lent. Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), English poet, in the garden of his home in Devonshire

Three maids cleaning pots
Three maids take the opportunity to have a gossip while cleaning the pots outside

That Saving Grace by H. M. Tolintyre
A young woman beautifies herself at her dressing table with the help of no less than three maids! The cartoon punchline reads, " Apart from the hygienic value of bobbed hair

Children sledging down a hill by Florence Hardy
Three Merry Maids. Three little girls sliding down a hill on a wooden sledge

Helping in the Kitchen
An Edwardian Ladys Maid (right) helps out one of the other maids in the kitchen, as was the custom when important guests came for dinner on special occasions

Edwardian Ladys Maid
Eva Morrison, the demure and reliable ladys maid in the Edwardian Country House

Richmond Green
A glimpse of Richmond Green, Surrey, with its delightful range of mansions, which once housed the Maids of Honour of the King Georges of England

Tea Shop, Surrey
The Original Maids of Honour tea shop at Kew in Surrey. An old gas lamp stands outside the building

Lacing Up / 1880 / Judy
A young lady is laced into her dress by her maid

Maypole Dyes
Rub-a dub-dub, three maids at a tub filled with dye made from MAYPOLE SOAP, they ve dipped all their clothes as everyone knows, green, yellow and pale heliotrope

Nausicaa & Alcinous
Nausicaa tells King Alcinous, her father, that she and her maids must wash her brothers clothes in order to increase their chances of finding suitable brides

Nausics Chariot
Odysseus follows the chariot of Nausicaa and her maids

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