The Triangle Fire Memorial to the Unknown, (sculpture).

The Triangle Fire Memorial to the Unknown, (sculpture).

Longman, Evelyn Beatrice, 1874-1954, sculptor.

Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924, designer. (possibly by)

Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios, carver.

The Triangle Fire Memorial to the Unknown, (sculpture).

Longman Memorial, (sculpture).

H. 9 ft. 10 in.

(Inscription beneath figure:) IN SYMPATHY AND SORROW / CITIZENS OF NEW YORK / RAISE THIS MONUMENT / OVER THE GRAVES OF / UNIDENTIFIED WOMEN AND / CHILDREN WHO WITH ONE / HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE / OTHERS PERISHED BY FRE IN / THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST/ FACTORY WASHINGTON PLACE / MARCH 25 1911 (On panel on reverse:) The plot and burial were provided by the department of public charities the relief fund contributed largely through Mayor William J. Gaynor Mayor of New York and administered by the Red Cross Emergency Relief Committee of the Charity Organization Society left a sufficient balance to erect this monument. unsigned

History -- United States -- Labor History

History -- United States -- New York

Disaster -- Fire

Figure female -- Full length

State of Being -- Emotion -- Sorrow

Occupation -- Craft -- Textile Worker

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn

Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

Memorial to seven unidentified workers who died in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Commissioned by the Red Cross Emergency Relief Committee of the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York, which was chaired by Robert W. de Forest at the time. According to Ellen Wiley Todd (see American Art 23:3 (Fall 2009): pg. 60-80), the memorial had until recently been unattributed; also, Henry Bacon possibly designed the memorial.

Inventory staff, 2010.

American Art 23:3 (Fall 2009): pg. 60-80.

American Art 23:3 (Fall 2009): pg. 60-80.

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