Fire hoses spray water on the upper floors of the Asch Building (housing the Triangle Shirtwaist Company) on Washington and Greene Streets.
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
For the 110th anniversary of this industrial tragedy in New York City, we present images from the Getty archives. On March 25, 1911, 146 workers were killed in a fire at a clothing sweatshop. Most of the victims were young immigrant women who worked in squalid conditions. The fire lead to labor reforms and new fire safety regulations.
The Asch Building (now known as the Brown Building) still stands and is part of New York University. The photo at right was taken in 2011.
Horse-drawn fire engines rush to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.
Firemen gather on the sidewalk at 23-29 Washington Place (the Asch Building) while searching for bodies at the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
On March 25, 1911, 146 immigrant garment workers were killed after they were trapped on the upper floors of the Asch Building.
Rooftop view of the Asch building on Washington and Greene Streets after the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire.
Crowds wait to enter a morgue to identify the bodies of Triangle Shirtwaist fire victims in 1911.
Parade firemen riding horseback lead a trade union procession in honor of the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911.
Demonstrators mourn the deaths of victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, 1911.
A carriage bearing coffins of unidentified victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire.
In 2011, a man walks past the Asch building the day before the 100th anniversary of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
