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Triangle Waist Co. fire, N.Y.C.--Crowds at sence [i.e. scene] of Washington St. fire, N.Y. – Antique Print

Triangle Waist Co. fire, N.Y.C.--Crowds at sence [i.e. scene] of Washington St. fire, N.Y., 1911 March 26. — historic photograph
Triangle Waist Co. fire, N.Y.C.--Crowds at sence [i.e. scene] of Washington St. fire, N.Y., 1911 March 26.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Onlookers crowd the street near Washington Place in this view of the aftermath of the Triangle Waist Company fire. The blaze broke out on March 25, 1911, in the upper floors of the Asch Building, and 146 workers died, most of them young immigrant women, many of whom jumped when exits and stairways failed. The disaster fueled public outrage over factory safety and helped drive new fire codes and labor inspection laws in New York. George Grantham Bain, whose collection holds this print, recorded many such street scenes as news of the fire spread.

Created / published1911 March 26.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenreGelatin silver prints 1910-1920.
NotesGeorge Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsTriangle Shirtwaist Company--Disasters--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Fires--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Crowds--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,038 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162441

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