The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time was a 1994 rally held to commemorate the fire through advocacy pushing for worldwide occupational safety by drawing a direct connection between 1911 and today. The flyer is so...
View ArticleTriangle Waist Company fire escape, weakened by the heat
The Asch building was a literal death trap for the Triangle Shirtwaist workers. Not only were they locked behind doors as a means of labor control, but also the only fire escape available for escape...
View ArticleAmerican Society of Safety Engineers “100 Years” patch
As we approach March 25, 2011, and the anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, we need to reflect on the 146 souls that were lost that day. We also need to reflect on the...
View ArticleUS Occupational Safety & Health Act, Legislative History
When the US Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, it held many hearings and debated many amendments. After the law was passed on Dec. 30, 1970, the Congress issued its 1,278-page...
View ArticleAmazing Grace
Safety is what lets us all come home at night - it's even in a stanza of Amazing Grace : Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound! That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, But now am found Was blind but...
View ArticleAmendments to Reconstruction Application No. 1157
Amendments to the application for the reconstruction of the Brown (Asch) Building post-fire, circa 1911. The amendments include specifications regarding such fire safety-measures as the location of the...
View Article“Born from Fire!”
"After labor unions and other groups demanded correction of the shocking factory conditions that could produce such a tragedy, the New York State Legislature took immediate action and passed extensive...
View ArticleASSE – Celebrating a Century of Safety 1911-2011 : Video
Narrated by actor Alan Wilder, of Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, this film walks the audience through the tragedies and triumphs in the history of work safety beginning with the horrific March 25,...
View Article“Fireline” : ASSE Fire Protection Practice Specialty newsletter
2011 marks ASSE’s 100th anniversary, and I would like to wish it a heartfelt “Happy Birthday!” On a somber note, I recall the reason for ASSE’s founding on Oct. 14, 1911 : the Triangle Shirtwaist...
View ArticleTriangle Factory Factoids
The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation created this poster for a presentation at Judson Memorial Church memorializing the 98th Anniversary of the Fire. Download the pdf here.
View Article“Application #382 N.B.1900 is disapproved…”
This document is a list of objections, sent from the Department of Buildings to the architect, cited for disapproval of the permit for the building’s original construction in 1900. We were particularly...
View ArticleEdwardian Shirtwaist, for the Triangle Shirt Factory Fire
Edwardian Shirtwaist #1 is a small mobile piece that offers moments to ponder the plight of those who were killed in the fire and the labor laws that came after. Mounted from a tiny hook Edwardian...
View ArticleTriangle Returns
The Triangle fire tragedy struck a nerve in the American people, who demanded reforms. Today these rights have been wiped out in the race to the bottom in the global sweatshop economy, where workers in...
View ArticleArnold Levien, fire escape engineer
My grandfather Arnold Levien was a young immigrant engineer at the time of the Triangle fire. He had just developed a new kind of fire escape called the roll bar fire escape, and when the city mandated...
View ArticleCourt records from the trial of Blanck and Harris
These are court records from the trial of Isaac Harris and Max Blanck in the indictment for manslaughter in the first and second degrees, occasioning the death of Mary Herman, a 40 year old mother of...
View ArticleAmerican Society of Safety Engineers Remember
American Society of Safety Engineers, founded 100 years ago as a result of the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, participated and held events to commemorate the victims of the fire and the...
View ArticleTribute to Mother Anna & Garment Workers
This document describes my motivation for particpating in the commemoration of the tragedy, the lives lost, in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911. Download the whole letter.
View ArticleImmigrants and Lawyers: 1870-1940
Louis Anthes' book explores how immigrants used the law after suffering personal injuries at work and home, and how they studied at city law schools. New York's more established lawyers persistently...
View Article“A Flame That Keeps Burning”
100 years ago, a fire raged through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, killing 146 workers - mostly Jewish and Italian young women & teenagers - and sparking a national movement for labor rights....
View ArticleLetter to Mayor Gaynor from the Borough of Manhattan Coroners
This letter to then New York City Mayor William J. Gaynor from the Borough of Manhattan Coroners states their verdict on the fire that : "…such a sacrifice should not be allowed to pass with the mere...
View ArticleOccupational Safety and Health Week
This is just one of the tools the American Society of Safety Engineers use to increase workplace safety and health worldwide through education efforts and the annual ASSE kids' 'safety-on-the-job'...
View ArticleTriangle’s Echoes
"TRIANGLE'S ECHOES: The Unfinished Struggle for Worker Protection, Safety, and Health" is a 13 minute documentary about worker safety in the 100 years after the Triangle Fire. The video features...
View Article“The Fire That Ignited a Movement of Women Workers”
Women's eNews hosted an event at Hunter College for International Women's Day in collaboration with the college's Gender and Women's Studies program and the League of Women Voters. We scheduled a...
View ArticleThe Flames of Change: LREI Fourth Grade Original Musical
“We are so proud of our students’ hard work,” said Fourth Grade Teacher and co-writer Dina Pomeranz. “They understood that they were being historical interpreters, and that through the reenactment of...
View ArticleAn investment in worker safety
You can find the sprinkler head at the Fashion Institute for Technology in NYC as part of the the Triangle Fire Open Museum for the month of April 2012! To find out more about the Triangle Fire Open...
View ArticleMy Uncle Sam’s sister, Violet Schochet
Violet was to be married a week later. Her mother was so heartbroken that she sent her youngest child, my Uncle Sam, to identify her body. I have worked in the occupational health and safety field for...
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