Servants of the Jones's

Title: Servants of the Jones's
Caption: Chinese Servants Chungking
Identifier: JGFA_027
Description: A group of four servants employed by the Jones. The man seated left front wears a scholars' gown, vest and cloth shoes. He is sitting in formal posture to indicate his relatively high status as the cook, head of household. The household "amah" or "daniang" is sitting right front. She is wearing traditional dress consisting of a short jacket over trousers with bound feet. The two men standing behind them are dressed the same as the cook. They pose on a stone porch in front of a shuttered window.
Commentary: In the front row seated are the cook, who is the head servant, and the amah, who takes care of children and does the sewing. In the back row are two men, one for serving the cook mainly inside the house, and the other a gate and yard man who would also run errands and possibly take care of cows and other animals.
Date Created: 1915-1916
Location: Chongqing
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1814906/chongqing.html
Original Format: Photographic Print
Relation: The Canadian Business Agency Staff
Source: Jean Good Zamin
Provenance: Barbara Jones Good Family Collection
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2025-06-01
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image

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