BROWN BROTHERS Triangle Fire Victims Awaiting Identification

Sale 2208 - Lot 22

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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

BROWN BROTHERS
"Triangle Fire Victims Awaiting Identification." Silver print, 6x7 3/4 inches (15.2x19.7 cm.), with the title, in pencil, in an unknown hand, and the Brown Brothers's hand stamp on verso. 1911

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Acquired from Swann Galleries, New York in 1999.
The Photograph and the American Dream 1840-1940, 99.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, as it is now known, occurred on March 25, 1911 in the NYU Building, east of Washington Square, in New York City. The fire caused the death of 146 garment workers, most of whom were women, who had been locked in the factory by management and were unable to flee. Most perished due to burns, impact injuries and asphyxiation. As a result, the International Ladies Garment Worker's Union fought for safer working conditions in sweatshops.