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Fire escape of Asch building after the Triangle fire, New York City, 1911

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Title
Fire escape of Asch building after the Triangle fire, New York City, 1911
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Fires

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1911-09
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Fires
Topics
Fires -- New York (State) -- New York
Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911
Brown Building (New York, N.Y.)
Fire escapes -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1910-1919
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "The only fire-escape on the Asch building. It hung in a closed court which was full of fire in a few moments. By this fire-escape it would have taken three hours to empty the three upper floors of the building."
Source note: McClure's magazine. New York & London : [s.n.] 1893-
Biographical/historical: Asch Building (New York, N.Y.) variant name of Brown Building (New York, N.Y.): http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003009097
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 12 x 14 cm. (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17095172
Barcode: 33333159157276
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 452c1bb0-c55d-012f-be73-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1911: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Fire escape of Asch building after the Triangle fire, New York City, 1911" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1911-09. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce30-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Fire escape of Asch building after the Triangle fire, New York City, 1911" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce30-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1911-09). Fire escape of Asch building after the Triangle fire, New York City, 1911 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce30-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Fire escape of Asch building after the Triangle fire, New York City, 1911