How to keep a girl / J.K. & F.O.
Print shows a vignette cartoon with 12 vignettes, around a central figure, that show how the employer should treat her woman domestic, if she wants to keep her, such as 1) "Promise her anything and everything",... More
The hired help "bugaboo" / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows a series of vignettes illustrating how women's social life impacts their domestic life, their problems with servants, the troubles neglected children get into, and how home life can be improv... More
"Crazy" / Ehrhart. - Public domain dedication image
Illustration shows the effect of the recent craze for playing ping pong, business partners neglect their work, ladies' clubs turn away from their normal leisure pursuits, infants are pitted against one another,... More
The rise of the kitchen tyrant; - and how she may fall / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows the evolution of the domestic servant from country housewife to an employed domestic through seven scenes beginning with the barefooted housewife receiving "the summons to the land of the fre... More
How to keep a servant girl - and keep her satisfied - in the country /...
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon that lightheartedly depicts Irish domestic servants being pampered and coddled by their employers in efforts to keep them happy and happily employed, chiefly, by taking the... More
A look ahead; - but not so very far ahead, either! / Ehrhart.
Print shows an Irish American woman labeled "Walking Delegate" displaying the "By-Laws of the Help Lady's Union" during a dinner party hosted by an elderly woman sitting at a table with her guests. Women domest... More
The queen of the May / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows a maid sitting on an overturned washtub with animated cleaning supplies standing around her. Illus. in: Puck, v. 61, no. 1574 (1907 May 1), cover. Copyright 1907 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
The old woman of the Senate is doing her best - at a hopeless job / Da...
Print shows George F. Hoar as an old washer-woman, with a large brush labeled "Magazine Articles and Speeches", white-washing senators from a bucket labeled "Defense of the Senate". He is applying a fresh coat ... More
Puck Thanksgiving 1905 / Hassman̄., Puck magazine cover
Illustration shows a domestic servant carrying a large platter with a roast turkey raised above her shoulders to keep it away from a dog anxious for a taste. Illus. in: Puck, v. 58, no. 1499 (1905 November 22)... More
Puck Christmas 1904 / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon, with, in the central scene, Father Knickerbocker, a symbolic figure for New York City, welcoming Santa Claus to the underground of New York City; the vignettes show Santa ... More