Honoring the Triangle Fire legacy, Cornellians carry history preserved by ILR's Kheel Center
November 10, 2023
November 10, 2023
ITHACA, New York, Nov. 10 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Steps from where dozens of young immigrant Jewish and Italian women leaped to their deaths when a fire erupted in the locked sweatshop where they sewed blouses, 60 Cornell students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered Oct. 11 to honor the legacy of the Triangle Waist Factory tragedy.
At the New York City event, students held 18-by-24 reproductions of fire photos from the Triangle Fire archiveat t . . .
Steps from where dozens of young immigrant Jewish and Italian women leaped to their deaths when a fire erupted in the locked sweatshop where they sewed blouses, 60 Cornell students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered Oct. 11 to honor the legacy of the Triangle Waist Factory tragedy.
At the New York City event, students held 18-by-24 reproductions of fire photos from the Triangle Fire archiveat t . . .