#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 April 5, 1911, 400,000 New Yorkers gathered to pay tribute to the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: the deadliest workplace accident in the city's history. | American Experience | PBS

Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers gathered on April 5, 1911 to pay tribute to the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the deadliest workplace accident in the city's history. | American Experience | PBS