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Shirtwaists, similar to those made in the Triangle Factory, hang above apparatus on the museum's first floor.
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The featured piece of Harris's exhibition, entitled "Remembering Their Prayers."
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“Remembering Their Prayers” consists of embroidered shirtwaist fabrics and handkerchiefs honoring the victims of the Triangle Factory fire.
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Susan Harris reached out to the victims’ descendants and asked them to embroider their ancestor’s names on these delicate pieces of fabric.
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Other smaller, similarly intimate pieces relating to the Triangle Fire hang on the walls below the embroidered shirtwaists.
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“Remembering Their Prayers” hung 152 feet in length and circled the exhibit room three times – a powerful reminder of how many lives were lost in the tragic fire.
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