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Title
Triangle fire
Names
Rosenfeld, A. (American photographer, active ca. 1925) (Photographer)
Brown Brothers (New York, N.Y.) (Photographer)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Fires

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1917
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
Dead persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1910-1919
Fire fighting -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1910-1919
Interiors -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1910-1919
Brown Building (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Letting down a victim's body ; The building at the height of the fire ; The one inadequate fire-escape ; View of interior after the disaster ; Where the fire started ; top of elevator ; Scene at the temporary morgue ; The doors that opened inward ; Shutters obstucting (sic.) escapes ; The living victims ; Where the bodies fell." Includes additional text.
Source note: Around the world with a camera. (New York : Leslie-Judge Co., 1917).
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: 35 x 23 cm. (13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17095172
Barcode: 33333159157292
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 45ff3600-c55d-012f-ce6d-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

  • 1917: 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. "Triangle fire" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce2e-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. "Triangle fire" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce2e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1917). Triangle fire Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce2e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Triangle fire