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Rumshinsky, Joseph (1881-1956) "Mamenu" or The Triangle Victims (in Yiddish).

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06225 Author/Creator: Rumshinsky, Joseph (1881-1956) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Sheet music Date: 1911 Pagination: 4 p. ; 34.8 x 27 cm Order a Copy

Song lamenting the deaths caused in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Factory fire in 1911. Sung by H.J. Ginsburg

Rumshinsky, Joseph, 1881-1956

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