About 1880, based on the style of the skirts.
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Collection of A. Taylor
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An unusual photo of two housemaids or waitresses, in uniform. Normally, if you were working and wanted your picture, you would go in your non-working clothes, but these two are posed with their tools of the trade (little brooms and pans used to dust the crumbs off tables). Maybe this was a photo taken by a high class hotel or restaurant, to show off their staff? Could they be sisters? Their chins are identical.