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'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, c1912

Shows cameo head and shoulders portrait of maidservant in centre. At top is an agricultural scene with horses pulling ploughs across a field with a mountain in the background. At bottom, the grounds of a grand house with servant playing with two children while their mother watches from a short distance.

Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Reference: Eph-A-IMMIGRATION-1912-cover

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