Jewish Telegraphic Agency6y
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 ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency2y
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 ...
UPI9y
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 ...
law.nyu.edu5y
One hundred years later, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire is remembered
On March 25, one hundred years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire claimed the lives of 146 workers and triggered the first real labor legislation in the United States, hundreds of people ...
PBS7y
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 ...