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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1905
Page
43
A dense 1747 listing notes multiple ads from a colored woman seeking domestic work in Washington DC areas. It includes numerous cook, chambermaid, laundress, dressmaker, and day-work entries with addresses on 1st, 8th, 13th, 14th, 18th, 28th, and 32nd streets NW and SE, plus Anacostia. Entries specify experience, private family or boardinghouse roles, and references.
Diverse help wanted ads for dressmaking by various women in Washington DC areas including Anacostia and downtown. Also extensive listings for general housework, cooking, laundry, and housekeeping by colored women and white workers with references and location details.
A dense list of job ads seeking colored women for housework, laundry, cleaning, lunching, and related light duties. Positions include daily, by the day, or by the hour with details on home location from Mount Pleasant to Anacostia and various streets. Names such as Madaline Simms and locations like 18th Street SE, Navy Place, and O'Neil’s are referenced.
A flood of colorful laundry service notices from Anacostia and nearby Washington DC neighborhoods. Listings advertise by the day or for home pickup and drop off, many by colored women offering washing ironing and dress work with varying rates and references. Numerous addresses along Sheridan Av Howard Ave 14th Street and Southeast avenues indicate private families or individuals seeking domestic laundry and ironing services.
A dense ads pages listing numerous laundress by colored women in Washington DC areas including F Street SW Reeves Court NW and Anacostia. Notices offer washing and ironing at home or out by day week or small family services with references and assurances of first class work. Names include Maria Knight Mary Gordon Mary Williams and others with addresses across SW NW and Anacostia.
Long list of at home laundering services by colored women in Anacostia and surrounding DC areas. Numerous addresses at Sheridan, Champlain, Navy Place, 14th, 13th, and F streets. varied terms include wash and iron, day work, week work, and delivery. References claim first-class work and reasonable prices with home or out calls.
A dense page of homework and nurse advertisements, offering light housework by colored women and girls, several with experience and references. Opportunities include light housework, chambermaid duties, nursing, infant care, and mother’s helper roles across addresses in Washington DC areas including Pomeroy, Sth st nw, Grant Ave nw, 8th st nw, and more. Also listed are office cleaning positions, stenography and general office work by young colored women, midwives, mani curists, and a few near-household tasks.
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