#OnThisDay in 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City caught fire and 146 workers died, mostly women and immigrants. This weekend on "Reel America" watch "With These Hands" (1950) - an International Ladies Garment Workers Union film which was nominated for a documentary Academy Award and includes a dramatization of the industrial disaster. https://www.c-span.org/video/?509984-1/with-hands | American History TV

On April 5, 1911, 400,000 people lined the sidewalks of New York City to pay tribute to the unidentified victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. | American Experience | PBS

On #ThisDayinHistory 107 workers died tragically in a tragedy of the industrial age, made more tragic because it was very preventable. | HISTORY

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire #shirtwaistfire #ushistory #disasterhistory | Peculiar History