On Saturday, March 25th, 1911, The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, which occupied the top three floors of the ten story Asch building in New York City, caught on fire, killing 146 people within fifteen minutes and seriously injuring 70 more. Those affected were mostly young Jewish and Italian immigrant women between the ages of sixteen and twenty three. At the time, the space was occupied by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, a clothing sweatshop run by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a large factory that made shirtwaists, a new style of women’s shirt that became incredibly popular in the early 1900s due to its freeing nature and versatility.…