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Title: [Fire escape of Asch building after the Triangle fire, New York City, 1911.]
Image ID: 804790
Image ID 804790
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 12 x 14 cm. (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Material Type: Photographic prints
Subjects: Fires -- New York (State) -- New York
Periodical Illustrations
Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911
Fire Escapes -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1910-1919
Asch Building (New York, N.Y.)
Notes: Written on border: "McClures Sept. 1911 Triangle fire" Printed on border: "The only fire-escape on the Asch building. It hung in a closed court which was full of fire in a few moments. By this fire-escape it would have taken three hours to empty the three upper floors of the building."
Barcode Number: 33333159157276
Struc ID: 575926
Source: Source information is not available
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