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Domestic servants wanted poster

Image

‘New Zealand wants domestic servants; good homes, good wages’. Cover of Information about New Zealand for domestic servants issued by the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London, circa 1912.

The prospects for the comely maidservant depicted are attractive. At top, horses pull ploughs across a field with a mountain in the background. At bottom, a servant plays with two children in the grounds of a ground house while their mother watches, idly twirling a parasol.

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: Eph-A-IMMIGRATION-1912-cover
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image

How to cite this page

Domestic servants wanted poster, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/domestic-servants-wanted-poster, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated