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Works Cited

Primary Sources

Agencia RBS. Scene of Brazilian Nightclub Fire. 27 Jan. 2013. The Toronto Sun. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of the hectic scene of the Brazilian Nightclub Fire that occurred on

January 27, 2013. We used this picture in our introduction to show that the world still needs to

make progress regarding fire prevention.

Basement living conditions in a tenement. 1900. archives.gov. Old New York. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of the living conditions in New York before the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

We used this image to show the poor conditions of factories workers in New York.

The Bodies of Seamstresses, Who Jumped from the Factory Floors at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company

to Avoid Being Burned Alive, Lie outside the Building. N.d. School of Law. Web. 20 Jan.

2013. This is a photo of factory workers who jumped to their deaths during the Triangle

Shirtwaist Factory fire. This picture can be used when talking about the devastating details of

the actual fire.

Bodies on Sidewalk. N.d. School of Law. Web. 20 Jan. 2013. This is a picture of victims from the

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire laying on the pavement where they jumped to their deaths. This

photo is very helpful to describe the tragic consequences of the fire.

Bodies That Lay on the Side Walk after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. 1911. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Markeplace Business. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a photo of

fallen bodies on the sidewalk after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. We used this photo in our

introduction to briefly explain what happened during the Triangle Fire.

Brazilian Night Club Fire. 27 Jan. 2013.Heavy.com. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a photo of the Brazilian Night Club Fire which occurred on January 27, 2013. We

used this photo to compare it with the Triangle Fire of 1911 to show the similarities between the


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two fires.

Brown Brothers. Fire Escape that Collapsed during the Triangle Fire. 1911. Kheel Center. Cornell U.

5780pb39f20af.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of the fire escape of the Asch Building which collapsed

during the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. We used this picture to show the inadequate exits of the

Asch building.

- - -. Fire Fighters from Fire Company 20 Putting out Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. 25 Mar. 1911. Kheel

Center. Cornell U. 5780pb39f20aa.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5

Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of Fire Company 20 attempted to put out the fire at the

Triangle Shirtwaist Company. We used this picture to show what occurred during the fire and

how the New York Fire Department responded.

- - -. Photo of Sewing Station on the Ninth Floor of the Asch Building After the Fire. 1911. Kheel

Center. Cornell U. 5780Pb39f15g.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5

Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of the sewing machine station on the ninth floor of the

Asch Building after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. We used this image to show the brutality of the

damage of the fire.

- - -. Scene of the Ninth Floor of the Asch Building When Fire Fighters Entered at 7:00 p.m. 1911.

Kheel Center. Cornell U. 5780-087pb1f5j.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire.

Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of the interior of the 9th floor of the Asch Building after

the Triangle Fire. We used this picture to show the damaged caused by the Triangle Shirtwaist

Fire.


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- - -. Spectators Watching Desperate Workers Jump out of the Asch Building to the Pavement. 25

Mar. 1911. Kheel Center. Cornell U. 5780-087pb1f5ap.Remembering the 1911 Triangle

Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of the dead bodies of people who jumped out of the

Asch building trying to escape the fire of the Triangle Shirtwaist Building. We used this picture

to show the horrors of the fire and to show how inadequate the fire apparatuses were at the

time.

The Charred Tenth Floor of the Asch Building After the Triangle Fire. 1911. Kheel Center. Cornell U.

5780Pb39f15b.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is an image of the tenth floor of the Asch Building which housed

executive offices after the Triangle Fire. We used this image to show the damage caused by the

fire.

Chronicling America.New York Tribune[New York] 25 Mar. 1912: n. pag. Web. 23 Jan. 2013.

This primary source is a newspaper article written for the New York Tribune in 1912. It was

extremely helpful because it explains how the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire directly affected

the creation of committees like the Factory Investigating Commission, The Committee of

Safety, and the Hoey act, which gave the fire department power to inspect buildings and

enforce laws. This article also gives quotes from heads of these Committees, making it a

valuable source to use in the project. Finally, it gave more details on the fire itself and the

changes that could have mitigated the damage.

Cohen, Rose. My First Job. Memo. N.d. The Kheel Center.Remembering the 1911 Triangle

Factory Fire. Web. 9 Jan. 2013.

. This

primary source is testimonial written by Rose Cohen and published in Leon Steins book, Out

of the Sweatshop: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy. This testimonial consists of the

account of Rose Cohens life in New York Factories before 1911. She tells of the lack of


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concern for workers, harsh conditions, and brutality of the workplace. This source offered us a

few quotes about working conditons before the Triangle shirtwaist fire but was mainly used

towards collective background information.

Crowded New York Factory in 1913. 1910. Kheel Center. Cornell U. FactoryShift-1.Rememberingthe 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of a crowded New York factory in 1910. We used this

photo to show the working conditions in the early 1900s.

Domsky-Abrams, Mary. MY REMINISCENCES OF THE TRIANGLE FIRE. Interview by Leon

Stein.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Cornell University, 2011. Web. 15 Jan.

2013.

This source was an interview with a survivor named Mary Domsk-Adams about her account of

the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and the events leading up to it. Mary Domsk-Adams was

interviewed by Leon Stein and this interview is published in his book The Triangle Fire. Mary

tells of what happened during the fire and how she survived. She tells of the lack of

communicated and the ineffective ways to exit the buildings. She also tells of the conditions

before the fire, and the trials of Blanck and Harris. This source offered us first hand information

on what happened during the fire along with the conditions before the fire. This was an

extremely helpful source and we used quotes from Mary Domsk-Adams in all three sections of

our documentary.

Dorga, Thomas Aloysius. Article Published in the New York Evening Journal. 28 Mar. 1911. Kheel

Center. Cornell U. 5780pb39f18o.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5

Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of the cover of an article published in the New York

Evening Journal about the survivors and witnesses of the Triangle Fire. We used this source to

show the publics interest in the fire.


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Factory Fire in Bangladesh kills 100 People. 24 Nov. 2012.Bay News. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of

the Bangladesh Factory Fire which occurred on November 24, 2012. We used this picture toshow that although the Triangle Fire brought reform to labor laws there are still problems with

international labor laws today.

Factory Workers. N.d. UPI: Over 100 Years of Journalistic Excellence. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. This is

a picture of factory employees working in crowded rows. This primary source was extremely

helpful for describing the conditions of factories in the early 1900s.

Fallen Workers of the Triangle Fire on the Pavement. 1911.Draft Party Blog. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

. This is a photo of an officer looking over a pile of

fallen workers on the pavement around the perimeter of the Asch Building. We used this photo

to show the effects of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

Family and Friends Visiting the 26th Street Morgue Trying to Identify Loved Ones. 1911. Kheel

Center. Cornell U. 5780pb39f16e Image 4 of 49.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory

Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a photo of people trying to identify victims of the Triangle Fire who

had been placed in wooden coffins in the 26th Street Morgue. We used this picture to show the

effects of the fire.

Family Members Identify Those Who Died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. N.d. NY Daily

News. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. This is a picture of multiple bodies in coffins being identified by their

family members. This primary source can be used when describing the aftermath of the Triangle

Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Fire Chief Edward Croker Who Helped Extinguish the Triangle Fire. N.d.Leatherhead109.

Web. 6 Feb. 2013. . This is a photo of Fire Chief

Croker, who was involved in the Triangle Fire and the movements that arose afterward. We

used this photo to correlate with our description of him in our testimonial.


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Firefighters Attempt to Put out Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. N.d.FASNY Museum of Firefighting.

Web. 4 Feb. 2013. This is a photograph of firefighters trying to quench the Triangle Shirtwaist

Factory Fire. This primary source can be used when talking about the details of the fire and the

problems the firefighters faced.Fire Fighters Trying to Control the Fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. 25 Mar. 1911. Kheel

Center. Cornell U. 5780-087pb1f5c.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5

Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of the NYPD trying to extinguish the flames on the eighth,

ninth, and tenth floors of the Asch Building. We used this image to explain what occurred during

the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

Fire Fighter Trying to Put Out Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. 25 Mar. 1911. USA Today. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of the New York Fire Department trying to put out the flames of the Triangle

Shirtwaist Fire. We used this photo to show how the fire fighters responded to the Triangle Fire.

Firemen Looking Over Bodies on the Pavement. N.d.Aurora History Boutique. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.

This is a picture of firemen surrounding bodies of girls who jumped out of the Asch Building

during the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. This primary source can be used when describing

the details of the fire.

The Flimsy Fire Escape of the Asch Building Which was Resorted to by Many Desperate Workers.

1911. Kheel Center. Cornell U. 5780pb39f15a.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory


. This is a picture of the fire escape of the Asch Building which collapsed

and buckled away during the Triangle Fire. We used this source to show the inadequate exits of

the Triangle Shirtwaist Company.

Four Women Picketers Carrying Signs Saying, Picket, Ladies Tailors Strikers. 2 Feb. 1910. Kheel

Center. Cornell U. 5780pn45b8n1193a.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire.


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Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of women picketers trying to improve the sanitary

conditions of New York factories. We used this picture to show the impact the Triangle Firehad on the New York Labor Movement.

Freedman, Rose. Three Miracles. Youtube. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. This primary source was

an interview with 107 year old Rose Freedman, the last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist

Factory Fire. The interview provided first- hand details about the fire as we got to hear the

perspective of one who actually lived through it. Freedman gave a lot of sensory details and

quotes that could be used in the documentary, as well as her own opinion about the original

working conditions of the factory.

Garment Families Working Together to Finish the Garment Making Process. 1900Extended families

work together to finish a few steps in the garment making process. Kheel Center. Cornell U.

6153pb2f6-16.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This photograph is an image of a family working in a poor factory in New

York. This photo illustrates child labor and we used this source to show the conditions before

the Triangle Factory Fire.

Garment Workers in Factory. N.d. The Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. This photo

depicts men and women sewing in a factory, with straining backs, hands, and eyes and

sunlight or dimly lit gas lights as the only source of light. This primary source is really effective

when describing the working conditions of factory workers in the early 1900s.

Garment Workers Taking Care of Children and Working Simultaneously. N.d. The Triangle Factory

Fire. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. This is a picture of a family of garment workers. The older children

and adults are working while simultaneously taking care of children in their small home.

Garment Workers Working in Cluttered Conditions. N.d.DNA Info. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. This photo

depicts many men and women working in rows. The rows barely have enough space in

between them for the workers to get out and there is a lot of clutter on the tables and on the


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floor around the tables. This primary source is very useful when describing the conditions of

factories in the early 1900s, especially when delineating the fire hazards that were apparent.

Greene Street Staircase of Triangle Factory Fire. 1911. Kheel Center. Cornell U. 5780pb39f18k.

Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.. This is a pictures of the Greene Street Staircase of the Triangle Shirtwaist

Company in the Asch Building. The picture shows the depth of the staircase and we used this

picture as proof of inadequate exits.

Guards Standing over Dead Bodies. N.d. Umkc.edu. Web. 13 Dec. 2012.

. This im

guards in front of the factory standing over dead bodies. Because of this image, it is easy to see

that many people died in the fire. This picture can be used when we are talking about the

immediate effect of the fire in our video. This source is not biased because it is a real

photograph from what happened the day of the fire.

Hine, Lewis. Cramped Working Conditions in a New York Hand Sewing Factory. 1910. Kheel

Center. Cornell U. 5783pb1f3c.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5

Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of a hand sewing factory in New York in 1910. We used

this image in the section in our documentary about the conditions before the Triangle Fire.

- - -. Men and Women Hand Sewing in New York Factory. 1913. Kheel Center. Cornell U.

5783pb1f3h.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory FIre. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a photograph of the working conditions of New York factories in

the 1900s. We used this image to show the cluttered conditions in New York factories.

- - -. Workers Working in Low Light and Cluttered Conditions. 1900. Kheel Center. Cornell U.

5783pb1f3f.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.


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&sec_id=8#screen>. This is a photo of workers in an unsanitary factory in the early 1900s. We

used this photo to show the conditions of New York factories before the Triangle Fire.

- - -. Young Children Working through the Night Threading and Trimming Garment Material. 1900.

Kheel Center. Cornell U. 5780pb13f7j.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire.Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a photograph of young girls who are working on stitching and

threading fabric. We used this image to show the bad factory conditions before the Triangle Fire

and to reiterate the fact that child labor was carried out in New York state.

Historic Fire Spurred Struggle for Worker Safety. N.d.IPP Digital. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This imagine was used to emphasize the fact that the hoses did not reach the 8th, 9th, and

10th floors of the Asch Building the day of the dramatic fire. We used this picture to show what

occurred during the Triangle Fire.

Image of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. N.d.NYC Fire. Web. 20 Jan. 2013. This is a picture of the

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire burning with fire hoses attempting to put out the flames. This

picture is extremely helpful when describing the details of the actual fire.

Inspection. N.d. W.W. Norton and Company. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. This is a photograph of an

inspector inspecting a dirty and cluttered tenement and workspace the primary source can be

used when talking about building inspectors.

Interior of the Asch Building of the Triangle Fire. 25 Mar. 1911. Public History Blog. Web. 6 Feb.

2013. . Thi

is a picture of the interior the Asch Building after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. We used this

picture to show the damage caused by the Triangle Fire.

The International Ladies Garment Workers Union was Finally Allowed to Form Without Additional

Harassment. N.d. Grand Rapids Institute for Imformation Democracy. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of picketers of the International Ladies Garment


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Workers Union and we used this picture to show the thirst for change before and after the

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

Lemlich, Cara. Life in the Shop.New York Evening Journal(1909): n. pag.Remembering the

1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 9 Jan. 2013.. This is an insightful primary source collected in Leon Steins book, The Triangle

Fire. This testimonial is written by Clara Limlich and was first published in the New York

Evening Journal in 1909. Within this testimonial, Limlich explains the conditions of New York

Factories in the 1900s. She explains about the working day, managers, and the conditions girls

worked in. This source gave us very specific details about the working conditions of the 1900s

which was very valuable in showing a contrast in the working conditions before and after the

triangle fire. Specifically, we used this source for its information about wages and working

conditions and we found many quotes very helpful.

Linen Collar Factory Workers. N.d.Roots Web. Web. 20 Jan. 2013. This is a picture of working

factory women making collars, that can be used when describing the type of work done in

factories in the early 1900s.

Locked Door Found in the Debris of the Ninth-Floor. 1911. Kheel Center. Cornell U.

5780-087pb1f7l.Remembering the the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of one of the locked doors found in the ruins of the Asch

Building after the Triangle Fire. We used this picture to show the labor code violations which

prevented workers from escaping the building.

More than 140 Die as Flames Sweep through Three Stories of Factory Building in Washington

Square[New York] 26 Mar. 1911. Web. 23 Jan. 2013. This was an article written for the

New York Tribune in 1911, right after the fire occurred. It gave an overview of the event,

providing important details like the exact time, the sequence of events, and imagery that could

be quoted in our script. It was extremely helpful because it gave Fire Chief Crokers opinion

about what went wrong during the fire and his views on what, in the New York building codes,


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could be fixed to prevent another tragedy like this. Multiple quotes from a figure with power in

the government made this primary source amazing to use in our project.

Net-draped Horses Escorted the Victims of the Triangle Fire Down the Streets for a Mourning Parade.

5 Apr. 1911. Kheel Center. Cornell U. 5736pb1f19a.Remembering the 1911 TriangleShirtwaist Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of the funeral procession that occurred on April 5, 1911

for the victims of the Triangle Fire. We used this source to show the fires impact on the public.

Newman, Pauline M. Letter to Michael and Hugh. Letter to Michael Owens and Hugh Owens. May

1951. International Ladies Garment Workers union. Kheel Center for Labor-Mangement

Documentation and Archives, Ithica. 6036/008.Remember the 1911 Triangle Factory FIre.

Web. 9 Jan. 2013.

. This is a primary source written by a Triangle Factory worker named Pauline M. Newman

to her sons Michael and Hugh. She writes to her children telling them about her experience

working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company as a little girl. She tells her children about child

labor, the conditions of New York factories, and the expectations of factory workers. This

source shows that other factories beside the Triangle were harsh and violating and that illegal

work was done off the books as expectations of factory owners. We used this source in our

documentary in the section titled Before the Fire. We used quotes about child labor, brutal

working conditions, and about her involvement in later labor organizations. This was a very

prominent source in our documentary.

New York. Leg. Assembly. Factory Investigating Commission. Second Report of the Factory

Investigating Commission. 1913 Leg. Print. This primary source was one of the most valuable

in our project. Written by the Factory Investigating Commission, the report outlined the exact

laws the Commission recommended to improve working conditions. It was also really helpful in

proving how the fire was a turning point as it gave multiple reasons to why the fire directly fueled

the worker reform movement in New York.


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- - -. - - -. Assembly. Factory Investigating Commission.Preliminary Report of the Factory

Investigating Commission. 1912 Leg. University of Missouri-Kansas School of Law. Web.

23 Jan. 2013. This report was a very helpful primary source. It gave specific sections and

chapters of New York Laws that the new building and working codes were written in.Additionally, it gave multiple ways the Triangle Factory Fire influenced people to attempt to

change the current laws. Many quotes from the report were used in the project.

- - -. New York (State) Factory Investigating Commission.Minutes of the Hearing of the New York

State Fire Investigation Commission, Held in the City Hall at 10:30 A.M. Rept.

2:242-249.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 9 Jan. 2013.

. This is a

report from the New York State Factory Investigation Commision with New York Fire

Inspector G.I. Harmon. The New York State Investigation Commission was a commission

created after the Triangle Shirtwaist fire to inquire into the working conditions of factories all

over New York State. This report is the minutes of the commission with G. I. Harmon in which

he explains his duties as an inspector and how he carried out his investigation at the Triangle

Shirtwaist Company. This report shows how G.I Harmon carried out the investigation of the

Triangle Shirtwaist Company, the lack of labor standards inacted in New York State, and the

Carelessness of New York Investigators. This was an incredibly abounding source because it

offered us details on how buildings were inspected before the fire and it gave us the reasons

why labor code violations were existant in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company.

- - -. - - -.Preliminary Report of the Factory Investigating Commission. Chapter 561, Laws of

1911 Print. This primary source was the most prominent and helpful source in our documentary.

This source is preliminary report to the Legislature of New York by the New York State

Factory Investigation commission. This preliminary report is contained within three volumes and

includes a vast variety of information concerning the Triangle Fire. Within the report are

testimonies of fire chiefs, fire fighters, inspectors, witnesses, survivors, doctors, and factory

owners. This report gives statsics about New York factories before and after the fire, detailed

accounts of what occurred during the fire, fire violations at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company,


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and bills recommended to be enacted by the New York Legislature. We used excerpts from

this source throughout our entire documentary and most of our information about the turning

point of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire can be traced directly to this source.

A New York Factory Not Following Building Codes by Leaving Flammable Scraps on the Floor.1900. Kheel Center. Cornell U. 5783pb1f3a.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire.

Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of the unsanitary working conditions in New York in

1900. We used this image to show the unsanitary working conditions in New York factories

before the Triangle Fire.

New York Fire Department. N.d. Top Design. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. This is a photograph of the New

York Fire Department in the early 1900s.

New York Governor William Sulzer. 13 Aug. 1913. Congress.N.IT. Gallery. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.


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GxvZmZhbWUub3JnL2luZHVjdGVlcy9zdWx6ZXIucGhw>. This is a picture of New York

State Governor William Sulzer the governor of New York during the Triangle Factory Fire. We

used this picture to corelate with our information about Sulzer and how he helped form the NewYork State Factory Investigation Commission.

141 Men and Girls Die in Waist Factory Fire Trapped High up in Washington Place Building Street

Strewn with Bodies Piles of Dead inside.New York Times[New York] 26 Mar. 1911: 1.

Web. 21 Jan. 2013.

. This is a source written on March 26, 1911 in the New York Times about the

overview of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. This was an incredibly insightful article about the

desperation of the workers, bodies jumping out of windows, and generally what happened in

the fire. This source had a great amount of detail and explored possible causes of the fire. It also

showed the inadequate exit methods to the building such as a weak fire escape, and charred

elevator. We used this source for its rich quotes about girls jumping to their deaths, summary

sentences, and for its details on unsafe building structure. This was a very reliable source

because it came from New York Times and was published in the online archives of Cornell

University.

142 Die When Shirtwaist Factory Burns. Washington Herald[Washington, D.C.] 26 Mar. 1911: n.

pag. Web. 23 Jan. 2013. This source was an article written for the Washington Herald in 1911.

The helpful primary source gave an overview of the event, and described multiple graphic

images that highlighted how disastrous the event really was. The newspaper also talked about

the problems with the structure and organization of the Asch building itself, as well as the

problems with the working conditions. The article was especially helpful because it showed how

the fire was a national event and its impact spread nation wide.

The Only Fire Escape on the Asch Building. N.d.New York Public Library. Web. 20 Jan. 2013. This

photo depicts the destroyed fire escape at the Asch Building. The source was extremely helpful

when talking about the problems with the building that could have been fixed to mitigate the


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damage, and it gave details like how long it would have taken to climb the fire escape.

People in Town on Horses and Walking around.Ifrcmedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2012.

. This image shows people walking around and on horses. Many people were outside atthe time because they did not know what was going on.This picture can be used in the video

when we are talking about the caos.

Photo of the Asch Building in Which the Triangle Fire Took Place. N.d. NYC.Remembering the

1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

. This is a

photo of the Asch Building in New York Located on the Corner of Washington Place and

Greene Street. We used this picture because it is the building in which the Triangle Fire took

place on March 25, 1911

Police Officers and Fire Fighters Moving Fallen Workers to a Temporary Morgues. 25 Mar. 1911.

Kheel Center. Cornell U. 5780pb39f15c.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory FIre.

Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of officers transporting fallen dead bodies to a temporary

morgue at the 26th Street Pier. We used this source so show what occurred during the Triangle

Factory Fire.

Protestors Lined the Street of the Triangle Funeral Procession Demanding Change. 1911. Kheel

Center. Cornell U. 5780pb39f17h.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5

Feb. 2013.

. This picture shows protesters angered by the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. We

used this picture to show that the Triangle Fire fueled changes.

Pyrotechnic Display Catches Fire and Kills over 97 in Rhode Island NightClub. N.d. CNN. Rhode

Island Web Blog. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of the Rhode Island


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Nightclub Fire which killed about 100 people. We used this photo in our introduction to

compare it to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911.

Reforms after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. N.d. Open Library. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This picture was used after the fire to show what types of reforms

were created after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

Second Report of the Factory Investigating Commission, 1913, Volume 1 by Price, George Moses/

Whiskeman, James P./ New York Stat. N.d. Sears. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This photograph was used in the after the fire

section of the documentary. We used this picture to represent the Factory Investigation

Commission that was created after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins. N.d.Bio.True Story. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of Secretary

of Labor Francis Perkins who was an original Factory Investigation Member. We used this

picture because she quoted that the Triangle Fire was directly related to the New Deal.

Senator Roger R. Wagner. N.d. The Last New Deal Reforms. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.


Senator Robert R. Wagner, an original member of the Factory Investigation Commission who

brought labor reforms to a national level after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

Sewing Machine Operators at Double Tables Overlooked by Factory Managers. 1900. Kheel Center.

Cornell U. 5780pb31f15a.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb.

2013.

. This is a photo of women working at a sewing factory in New York. We

used this photo to show the working conditions before the Triangle Fire.

Shops Were Cramped and Dark in the Early 1900 Which Made the Workplace Very Dangerous.

1900. Kheel Center. Cornell U. 5743pb50f6a.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory


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. This is a picture of a crowded garment shop in 1900. We used this photo

to show the harsh working conditions and neglect of labor laws before the Triangle Fire.Sikes, Wirt. Among the Poor Girls. Cornell University. Ed. Cornell University. N.p., 2011. Web.

23 Jan. 2013.

. This source is a primary source of a testimonial by a supporter of the Working

Womens Protective Union. This source describes the life working as a Triangle Shirtwaist

Factory worker. This source can be used to describe the tough and brutal days they went

through but describes how talented they were at their job. This information will be used to

introduce the factory women worked in. We can talked about how much money they made and

the health struggles they experienced. Quotes from this primary source were used and match up

with pictures to prove the hardships.

Stories of Survivors.And Witnesses and Rescuers Outside Tell What They Saw.New York Times

[New York City] 26 Mar. 1911: n. pag. Web. 16 Jan. 2013.

. This source is a newspaper article published in the New York Times about the

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. The article includes the accounts of witnesses, rescuers, and survivors

of the fire and different perspectives on what happened. Although it was published one day after

the fire, this source contains an abundance of detail about the occurrence of the Triangle fire at

4:40 in the afternoon. This primary source includes accounts of Max Rother a tailor, Cecilia

Walker an eye witness, Benjamin Levy a witness, Samuel Levine the elevator operator,

Frederick Newman a rescuer, and Pauline Grossman a survivor. This source was helpful

because it offered us insight into what happened during the fire and it allowed us to portray

different perspectives of what went on during the fire. Specifically, we used a quote from

Benjamin Levy about the lack of appropriate fire apparatuses for the New York Fire

department. Since this article was published in the New York times it can be deemed pretty


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reliable and in response we heavily relied on this source for information on what occurred during

the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Sweatshop Conditions in the Early 1900s. N.d.ILR School. Web. 20 Jan. 2013. This is a photo of

people working in a sweatshop that can be used while describing work conditions in the early1900s.

Table of Men Hand Sewing at a New York Factory. 1900. Kheel Center. Cornell U. 5780pb31f14e.

Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of men hand sewing in a New York factory. We used this

image to show factory conditions before the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

The Tenth Floor after the Triangle Fire. N.d. The New York Times. Web. 20 Jan. 2013. This is a

picture of the tenth floor of the Asch Building completely ruined by the flames. The photo is

extremely helpful when describing the destruction caused by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

Fire.

Thrilling Incidents in Gotham Holocaust That Wiped out One Hundred and Fifty Lives. Chicago

Sunday Tribune[Chicago] 28 Mar. 1911: 2. Web. 21 Jan. 2013.

. This primary source published in the Chicago Sunday Tribune on March 28, 1911

included information on what happened during the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. The article included

accounts by Jimmy Lehan a traffic policeman, Dr. Ralph A. Froelich a physician, and other

anonymous accounts. It offered extremely vivid facts and quotes about what occurred during

the fire which added to the gruesomeness of the fire and helped us emphasize how deadly and

important this fire was to the creation on New York labor laws. We used this source for both

background information and direct quotes for our documentary. Particularly we included

information such as how girsl leapt from the buildings, what Fire Chief Croker noticed when he

entered the buildings, and summarizations about the death tole of the fire. This source was

reliable because it offered stories of witnesses of the fire and it came from a prestigious

newspaper company. This source was not only factually helpful but reiterated the fact that the


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Triangle Fire was not only instrumental in New York but other cities as well.

Triangle Factory Fire. N.d.NYC Fire. Web. 20 Jan. 2013. This is a photo of the actual fire at the

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911 that can be used when describing the fire and the attempts

to stop it.Two Officials of the New York City Tenement House Department Inspect a Cluttered Basement

Living Room. 1900. National Archives and Records Administration. Wikimedia Commons.

Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

.

This is a picture of a New York State Inspector. We used this picture when we talked about

New York Inspectors and the careless jobs they performed.

Unions Carry Banners during the Triangle Funeral Procession. 5 Apr. 1911. Kheel Center.

Cornell U. 5780pb39f17d.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb.

2013.

. This is a picture of unions such as Hebrew Trades of New York and the

Ladies Waist and Dressmakers Union Local 25 carry flags demanding change. We used this

picture to show the changes caused by the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

View of Asch Building during Triangle Fire in 1911. 25 Mar. 1911. Kheel Center.InvestorVillage.

Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

.

This is a picture of the Asch Building ablaze. We use this picture several times in our

documentary to show what happened during the Triangle Fire.

William Sulzer, the Democratic governor of New York from January to October of 1913, was born on

this day in 1863 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. N.d.Ron Schulers Parlour Tricks. Web. 4 Feb.

2013. . This is an image of

Governor William Sulzer. We used this image to represent Sulzer when we explain about his

significance with the Factory Investigation Commission.

A Women and Her Children Sewing Fabric. 1900. Kheel Center. Cornell U. 5780pn45b9f1593.


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Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of children working with their mother on a garment

related project. We used this photo to show that child labor was existent despite legal lawsbefore the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

Women Go on Strike after the Fire. N.d. Timeinc. Web. 13 Dec. 2012.

. Some women,

as shown in the picture, went on strike because they were fighting for better working conditions

which was part of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. This source can be used

to talk about how the women workers felt about their jobs before the fire.

Women Pecan Shellers at Work. N.d.Palgrave Macmillan. Web. 20 Jan. 2013. This is a picture of

crowded women shelling pecans for low wages and this picture can be used when discussing

the conditions factory women had to work in.

Women Working in a Factory. N.d.Department of Workforce Development. Web. 20 Jan. 2013.

This is a picture of women working machinery in a factory and this image can be used to

describe the conditions of factories in the early 1900s.

Women Working in the Factory. N.d.Media.npr.org. Web. 13 Dec. 2012.

. This picture shows how many people worked in the crowded

manufacturing rooms in the factory, and shows that the workers are mostly young women,

around 16 years old. This primary source also verifies the cramped working environment the

workers worked in. This picture can be used in the video when we are talking about before the

fire.

Workers at a Garment Finishing Factory Work as Managers Look On. 1900. Kheel Center. Cornell U.

5780pb31f12i.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is an image of the working conditions before the Triangle Fire. We

used this picture to reflect on the neglect of factory workers in the 1900s


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Worker Unions Striking after the Deadly Triangle Fire. 1911. Occasional Links and Commentary.

Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a photo

of workers striking after the Triangle Fire demanding change and mourning for the victims of thefire. We used this picture to show that the fire caused unions to take action.

Secondary Sources

An Act Creating The New York State Factory Investigating Commission and photograph from the

Factory Commission Report. 1912. Bobst Lib, New York City. Labor Arts. Web. 4 Feb.

2013. . This is a photo

of the cover of the New York State Factory Investigation Commission preliminary report. We

used this picture when we talked about the creation and formation of the commission.

After the Triangle Fire: State and National Workplace Safety Reforms.Media Matters Action Blog.

N.p., 2010. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

. This is a website about the

effects the Triangle Fire had on New York labor laws and Federal factory codes. This website

included topics such as the creation of the New York State Factory Investigation Commission,

the Wagner Act, Francis Perkins, Bureau of fire prevention, and the 36 actual bills made into

laws by the Factory Commission. We used this source to talk about the national effects of the

Triangle Fire. This website also gave us the actual laws passed in response to the fire which was

extremely helpful. This source offered us great insight into the changes brought about by the

Triangle Factory Fire.

Brazil Nightclub Fire: Nearly 200 People Killed. YouTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.

. This is a video clip originally from ABC

news and republished on YouTube. We used this source to explain about the Brazilian fire of

2013 to show that fatal fires are still in existence today.

Carter, Robert. Cartoon of New York Factory Investigators. N.d. Kheel Center. Cornell U.

5780pb39f18d.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.


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. This is a cartoon of New York Factory Inspectors and it is trying to show

that they are evil and do not care for the safety of workers. We used this image when we talked

about ineffective inspectors.Complete early cast iron fire alarm call box from New York City with interior clockwork mechanism.

Obnoxious Antiques. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.

.

This is a photo of an antique New York fire alarm. We used this picture to talk about new state

mandated laws such as fire alarms after the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire.

The Crime of Carelessness 1912 National Association of Manufacturers NAM. YouTube. N.p., 22

Sept. 2012. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. . This is

a video of the safety codes and violations in New York. We used this video to show how the

Triangle Fire created laws banning smoking.

Dorgan, Thomas Aloysius. Who Should Be Punished For the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. 1911. Kheel

Center. Cornell U. 5780pb39f18b.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5

Feb. 2013.

. This is an illustration asking who is responsible for the Triangle Fire. We

used this picture to show the effects of the Triangle Fire.

Editorial Cartoon of Skeleton of Smoke Coming from Asch Building. 1911. Kheel Center. Cornell U.

5780pb39f18i.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.

. This is a cartoon editorial of a skeleton of smoke coming from the

Triangle Shirtwaist Company. The photo shows that death loomed in the company and we used

this picture to show the deadly effects of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

EXCLUSIVE Footage!! Brazil NightClub Fire Kills more than 200 - Warning!!YouTube. N.p., 27

Jan. 2013. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. . This is a

video of the Brazilian fire that took place in 2013. We used this fire for our introduction


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comparing it to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Findings of the New York Factory Investigation Commission. N.d.NYSED.org. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

. We

used this picture because it had a quote talking about the neglect of factories in New YorkState.

Front Page of Evening Post about Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. 27 Mar. 1911. Newspaper Archive.

Newspaperarchive.com. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

. This is a

picture of the front page of The Evening Post about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. We used this

picture in our section about what occurred during the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

Front Page of New York Tribune Describing the Triangle Fire. 26 Mar. 1911. New York Tribune.

New York.History.com. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.


the front page of the New York Tribune Talking about the death toll of the Triangle Fire. We

used this photo to reiterate that the fire was so important that it made front page news.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLNrBgKWiLw. YouTube. N.p., 8 Mar. 2012. Web. 4 Feb.

2013. . This is a video of 1933s

Secretary of Labor, Francis Perkins. We used the clip as a background to a quote Perkins said

about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

ILR School, Kheel Center. Timeline of Events. Cornell University. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2013.

. This secondary source

shows the events leading up to the fire, during the fire, and after the fire. This source can be

used to reference important dates as well as important facts about how the fire started and how

people tried to escape the building. This information will mostly be used when we are talking

about events during the fire.

Inspector of Buildings Cartoon. N.d. The Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. This is an

editorial cartoon depicting a New York building inspector as almost a monster, commenting on

the superficial jobs inspectors did while inspecting work and building conditions. This picture


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can be used when talking about the negligence of building inspectors.

Largo from Xerxes. Composed by George Frideric Handel. 1738. CD. This is a song by George

Frideric Handel called Largo from Xerxes. We used this song for our section called, Before

the Fire in our documentary.Linder, Douglas. The Triangle Shirtwaist.Famous Trials. U of Missouri-Kansas City Law School,

2002. Web. 9 Jan. 2013.

. This source is a website

created about the conditions of the Triangle Company and the aftermath of the Triangle

Shirtwaist Fire. This website included information on Blanck and Harris Trial, newspaper

exerpts, victims, testimonies of the New York State Factory Investigation Commision, fire

reports, and New York Building Codes and and Safety Laws before 1911. This website

contained both primary and secondary sources about the Triangle Factory Fire. We mainly used

this source for its background information but we did find its section about Building Codes and

Safety Laws helpful. We found this site to be reliable because it had the same facts as other

sites we found and most of the sources were taken off the Cornell University website where we

found most of our sources.

Logo for New York Fire Prevention and Control. N.d. WGXC.org. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

. This is the logo

for the New York Fire Prevention Bureau. We used this picture the bureau was created in

response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

Logo of the National Fire Protection Association. N.d.Phoenix Engineering Group. Web. 6 Feb.

2013. . This is a picture of the logo of the National Fire

Protection Association. We used this photo because the NFPA was created in response to the

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

Marrin, Albert.Flesh and Blood so Cheap. New York: Random, 2011. Print. This source is a book

about the conditions before and after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and how the Triangle Fire

effected those conditions. This source included primary source documents, photographs,

cartoon editorials, and pages of information. We specifically used this book for its photographs


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and its quotes about how the Triangle Fire brought changes to a national level.

Newspaper Editorial of a Triangle Body Being Lowered from the Asch Building. 1911. Kheel

Center. Cornell U. 5780pb39f18g.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 5

Feb. 2013.. A Cartoon of a body being lowered from the Asch building after the

Triangle Fire. We used this image to show how workers died during the fire.

New York State Senate 1914. N.d.Amazon.com. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

. This is

a picture of the cover of a book with orginal text documents from the 1914 New York Senate.

We used this source when we talked about when the Factory Investigation Commission brought

36 bills in front of the New York Senate.

The Oklahoma State Capital Newspaper Article of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. 26 Mar. 1911. Jewish

Womens Archive. Congress.Jewish Womens Archive. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of a front page

article published in The Oklahoma State Capital newspaper about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

We used this photo to show that this fire was popular in other states beside New York.

Person, Ricky. Story of A City (New York State of Mind) . YouTube. N.p., 17 Aug. 2008. Web. 4

Feb. 2013.

. This is a video of the birds eye view of New York in the early 1900s.

We used this video as a background to the changes presented in New York after the Triangle

Shirtwaist Fire.

Pineapple Rag. Composed by Scott Joplin. Prod. Tony Wilkinson. 1908. CD. This is a recording of

Scott Joplins song Pineapple Rag. We used this music for our section about the changes that

occurred after the Triangle Fire.

Preliminary Report of the Fire Investigating Commission.Labor Arts. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2013.

This is a photo of the cover page of the Preliminary Report of the Fire Investigating


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Commission, given to the New York Legislature on March 1, 1912.

Rachmaninov Prelude in C Sharp Minor. Composed by Sergey Rachmaninoff. 1892. CD. This is a

song by Sergey Rachmaninoff called Prelude in C Sharp Minor. We used this song for our fire

section in our documentary.RARE VINTAGE GRINNELL AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER FIRE ALARM early 1900s.Ebay.

Ebay, 10 Nov. 2012. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.

. This is an image of an old fire alarm from the

early 1900s and we used this image to show that fire alarms were mandated in New York State

laws after the 1911 Triangle Fire.

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. YouTube. N.p., 20 Mar. 2011. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.

. This is a reliable video from CNN about

what occured and what happened in response to the Triangle Fire. We used this source for its

interview with Triangle Fire expert Michael Hirsh.

Rosenberg, Jennifer. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.About.com. 20th Century History, n.d. Web.

23 Jan. 2013. . This source is a

secondary source that describes an overview of what happened the day of the Triangle

Shirtwaist Fire. This source will be used to say where the factory originated from such as how

the owners started it. This source explains the history of the factory and how the fire started.

This source is useful the reference exact dates and how many people were killed. We will use

this source when we are describing ow the factory originated and how the fire started.

Stein, Leon. Chapter One. The Triangle Fire. New York: Carroll & Graf/Quicksilver Book, 1962.

18.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 16 Jan. 2013.

. This i

a source from Leon Steins book, The Triangle Fire and it is a testimony called Ladder about

the fire equiptment of Fire Company 20, the first responders to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. It

encooperates information about the lack of fire equiptment and apperatuses in 1911 and how

victims could not be rescued because of ineffecient equiptment. There are some fantatic quotes


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from Fire Chief Croker about fire equiptment. We used quotes from this source about how fire

ladders reached only to the 6th floor and about the ineffective fire equiptment. This source

helped us show how important new labor laws about fire equiptment were after the fire and how

useless they were before the fire.- - -. Eighth. The Triangle Fire. New York: Carroll & Graf/Quicksilver Book, 1962. 37-54.

Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Web. 21 Jan. 2013.

.

This is a rich source from Leon Steins book, The Triangle Fire. This particular testimony is

called Eighth and it is a testimony of multiple workers on the eighth floor of the Asch Building

who were first notified of the fire. This testimony explains the account of the first few minutes of

the fire, how workers tried to warn the ninth and tenth floors, how some were able to escape,

and how the locked doors proved deadly. Within this testimony were accounts of Dinah

Lifschitz a worker who notified the tenth floor, Irene Seivos a survivor who pushed her way

into the elevator, Josephine Nicolosi and Ida Willinsky, and manager Mr. Brown. We used this

source for information on the first few minutes of the fire and for survivors accounts of what

went on in the interior of the Asch building.

- - -. Trap. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. New York: Carroll & Graf/Quicksilver Book, 1962. 23-26.


. In

particular, we had a hard time finding legal requirement and the legal infractions of the Triangle

Shirtwaist Company before the fire, but this source proved to be very useful. This source is a

testimony from Leon Steins book, The Triangle Fire which includes accounts of survivors,

witnesses, and experts on the event. This source not only included information on the laws

required for the time, but also had the violations impending in the Triangle Factory and reasons

why the was able to get away with legal infractions. We heavily relied on this source to show the

few laws enacted before 1911 and to show the safety violations which intensified the fire and

death rate of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

- - -. The Triangle Fire. New York: Cornell University, 1962. Print. This is a book containing the


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collaboration and correlation of survivor, witness, and rescuer testimonies, accounts, and

interviews. It offered an abundance of information on all subject regarding the Triangle

Shirtwaist Fire. This book included photos, primary sources, and testimonies. We used this

source for all aspects of our documentary and for its photos. We also used it for its quoteswhich make the message we were trying to portray within our documentary.

- - -. Warnings. The Triangle Fire. New York: Carroll & Graf/Quicksilver Book, 1962. 26.


. Th

source is published in Leon Steins book, The Triangle Fire which includes interviews and

testimonies with people related to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. Leon Stein is an expert on the

Triangle Shirtwaist fire and his conclusions are back up with facts and supporting detail. This

particular testimony refers to the conditions of the Triangle factory before the fire and the lack of

action taken to better the working conditions. It introduces facts about safety precautions before

the 1911 fire, requests for safety equipment that were denied, and information about the

Newark fire that had occurred only four month before the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. We used this

information to show the lack of concern for factories in New York before the Triangle Fire and

about the poor factory conditions in the 1900s. This source offered us great quotes such as

from Fire Chief Croker and statistics before the fire.

Sweatshops and Home Work in the Dress Industry 1938 The Womens Bureau . YouTUbe. N.p., 6

Mar. 2011. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. . This is a

video of New York factory workers in the 1900s. We used this video to show the working

conditions before the Triangle Factory Fire.

Triangle Factory Fire 2-2 (New York: A Documentary Film, Ep4).avi . YouTube. N.p., 21 Feb.

2011. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. . This video

clip had live footage of workers in the 1900s, videos of Senator Robert Wagner, and

interviews with Triangle Shirtwaist Fire experts. We used multiple excerpts from this clip in our

documentary.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911. YouTube. N.p., 23 Mar. 2011. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.


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. This is a video with a survivors account

of what occured during the Triangle Fire. We used this video with Rose Freedman to show the

gruesome details of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

United States Department of Labor. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Feb. 2013.. This was an amazingly reliable and insightful

source. This is a webpage from the United States Department of Labor which is an extremely

affluent department in the United States. This web page offered us quotes about how laws

created by the Factory Investigation Commission spread to a national level. This source helped

us prove our turning point of how the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire created labor codes that went to a

national level.

Weinstein, Allen, and David Rubel. The Progressive Era.Freedom and Crisis from Settlement to

Superpower. New Yrok City: DK, 2002. 431-54. Print. Within this book was a section called

the Progressive Era and it proved to be very useful in our project. It supplied quotes,

summaries, primary source documents and pictures of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. This source

included rare information about the Progressive Error, the New Deal, how the Triangle Fires

reforms amounted to a national level, and labor movements before the fire. We used this source

for all of our sections in our documentary including before the fire, the fire, and the effects of the

fire. This was a reliable source and gave deep, in-depth information.

Women Strikers in New York for the First Triangle Strike. 1909. Kheel Center. Cornell U.

5780pb32f27g.Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory FIre. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

. This is a picture of women strikers in 1909. We used this photo to show

that the Triangle Fire initiation a strong public reaction and put action to the ideas of strikers

before the Triangle Factory Fire.

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