Friday marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire ... than burn alive in the factory they were trapped in (the exit door was locked). The fire incited nationwide debate on ...
NEW YORK, March 25, 1911 (UP) - I was walking through Washington Square when a puff of smoke issuing from the factory building ... recovered from Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire NEW YORK, March ...
On its walls are three plaques recalling the fire and its victims. In the program notes, Wolfe describes the factory workers and their working conditions. “They arrived to these shores with ...
March 25th marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in downtown Manhattan. The fire started in a scrap bin on the 8th floor of the factory building, claiming the lives ...
March 25 marks the 111th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which killed 146 mostly Jewish and Italian immigrant garment workers, mainly women, in just 18 minutes. Friday will ...
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, located in the top floors of the Asch building in Greenwich Village, was one of many shirtwaist factories operating in Manhattan at the time. This boom in industry ...
The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York on March 25, 1911, still stands as one of the most devastating ...
The fire spread quickly. On that Saturday in March of 1911, black smoke billowed out of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory near Washington Square Park in New York City. The panicked workers inside ...