Friday 14 December 2012

Cartoon refers to the Triangle fire and depicts a woman weeping over a grave, and asks the reader: "How soon will they be all forgotten?"

Cartoon refers to the Triangle fire and depicts a woman weeping over a grave, and asks the reader: "How soon will they be all forgotten?"
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Image by Kheel Center, Cornell University
Title: Cartoon refers to the Triangle fire and depicts a woman weeping over a grave, and asks the reader: "How soon will they be all forgotten?"

Date: 1911

Photographer: Unknown, Artist Thomas Aloysius Dorgan

Photo ID: 5780PB39F18FP400G

Collection: International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985)

Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel

Notes: Artist name unavailable. No additional information available.

Copyright: There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Kheel Center which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the center be credited as its source.

Tags: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,Cornell University Library,Safety, Working Conditions, Art, Shirtwaist Makers


Cartoon "Inspector of Buildings" refers to the Triangle fire and depicts a skeleton dressed as a building inspector. Sign reads "Record fire for New York, 145 lives lost!!!! Guilding fire proof. Only fire escape collapsed. Inspector."
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Image by Kheel Center, Cornell University
Title: Cartoon "Inspector of Buildings" refers to the Triangle fire and depicts a skeleton dressed as a building inspector. Sign reads "Record fire for New York, 145 lives lost!!!! Guilding fire proof. Only fire escape collapsed. Inspector."

Date: 1911

Photographer: Unknown, artist name illegible

Photo ID: 5780PB39F18DP400G

Collection: International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985)

Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel

Notes: Artist's name illegible. No additional information available.

Copyright: There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Kheel Center which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the center be credited as its source.

Tags: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,Cornell University Library,Safety, Working Conditions, Art, Shirtwaist Makers


A cartoon referring to the Triangle fire depicts a factory owner, his coat bedecked with the dollar signs, holding a door closed while workers shut inside struggle to escape amid flames and smoke.
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Image by Kheel Center, Cornell University
Title: A cartoon referring to the Triangle fire depicts a factory owner, his coat bedecked with the dollar signs, holding a door closed while workers shut inside struggle to escape amid flames and smoke.

Date: 1911

Photographer: Unknown, artists name illegible

Photo ID: 5780PB39F18AP400G

Collection: International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985)

Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel

Notes: Photographic duplicate of drawn cartoon. No additional information available.

Copyright: There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Kheel Center which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the center be credited as its source.

Tags: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,Cornell University Library,Art, Safety, Working Conditions, Shirtwaist Makers


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Image by Thomas Hawk


The front page of the New York Evening Journal announces "Fire Trap Victims Buried: Draft New Law to Save Shop Workers"; article, "Woman Tells of Fight for Life at Barred Doors," gives details of the Triangle fire. Editorial cartoon asks, "Who Is Responsi
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Image by Kheel Center, Cornell University
Title: The front page of the New York Evening Journal announces "Fire Trap Victims Buried: Draft New Law to Save Shop Workers"; article, "Woman Tells of Fight for Life at Barred Doors," gives details of the Triangle fire. Editorial cartoon asks, "Who Is Responsible?"

Date: 03-28-1911

Photographer: Unknown

Photo ID: 5780PB39F18OP400G

Collection: International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985)

Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel

Notes: Reproduction. No additional information available.

Copyright: There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Kheel Center which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the center be credited as its source.

Tags: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,Cornell University Library,Safety, Working Conditions, Shirtwaist Makers, Women, Art, Clothing Industry

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