King's School House, College Green, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Photograph taken 1860 - 1922 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: CC96/00045

A group of domestic servants posing outside one of the college buildings. The housekeeper is wearing a dark coloured dress. The two young maids are wearing a unifrom dress with a collar plus a cap and apron. The manservant is wearing a suit and the boy a uniform. These clothes would have been typical everyday wear for servants in most houses. Servants working for the most wealthy people may have also had special uniforms for grand occasions.

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Gloucestershire Gloucester

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Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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These are the foundrymen of James Hews the Ironmongers. They are standing in the yard of their work premises with various iron pipes in the background and some of the tools of their trade. The men are wearing different clothes and hats that give clues to their jobs and status. The boss, office workers or possibly shop assistants are wearing a jacket, collar and tie. The workers and apprentices have flat caps and leather aprons. The men wearing bowler hats would have been overmen (foremen).

King's School House, College Green, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

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