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A new book examines the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire — which a contributor worries his father might have started
I ask about his Durham Bulls T-shirt. “It’s a long story ... March 25 marks the 111th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which killed 146 mostly Jewish and Italian ...
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The deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire inspires a contemporary composer
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 ...
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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 ...
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Shirtwaist Kings
In 1900, they founded the Triangle Waist Company and ... only 13 months after the strike ended, a fire broke out on the eighth floor of the factory. On the 10th floor, Harris and Blanck were ...