Abstract

In this Berlin servants’ bureau, prospective employers appear to tower over female job-seekers, reflecting the latter’s inferior and dependent social status. Signs on the walls warn servants and employers alike to protect their purses from thieves. This woodcut is based on a drawing by Emil Limmer.

Berlin Employment Agency for Domestic Servants (1889)

Emil Limmer

Source

Source: In a Berlin employment agency for domestic servants. Woodcut based on a drawing by Emil Limmer (1899).
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Recommended Citation

Berlin Employment Agency for Domestic Servants (1889), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarckian-germany-1866-1890/ghdi:image-1282> [March 30, 2025].

Related Sources

Fritz Paulsen, At the Employment Agency or Servants’ Bureau (1881)

Alfred Krupp’s Steel Works in Essen (1890)

Servants’ Ordinance (1703)

Emil Schwabe, Unresolved Questions (1887)