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Carte-de-visite Portraits of Domestic Workers
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The woman in the upper left photograph is Lina Hamming, a domestic worker in Amsterdam. Hamming was one of thousands of women who worked in the households of wealthy families. We do not know the names of the other women, but we do know their occupation: domestic workers. They wore the characteristic white aprons and caps. The baskets and the dustpan and brush indicate their duties in the household.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineCarte-de-visite Portraits of Domestic Workers. 1885 - 1906. W.G. Kuijer & Zonen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
