Object Details
- Mine Safety Appliances Company
- Description
- Description: This hard hat was worn by an iron worker from Chicago, Illinois, who came to New York to help clear the debris of the World Trade Center.
- Context: After the Twin Towers collapsed, construction workers from around the country came to New York to offer their skills in removing the tons of debris. Dennis Quinn traveled by car from Chicago with four fellow iron workers to join the rescue effort. Starting on September 17, he worked for six weeks (8 hours a day, seven days a week) untangling and removing the debris pile.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dennis Quinn
- 1986
- ID Number
- 2002.0378.01
- accession number
- 2002.0378
- catalog number
- 2002.0378.01
- Object Name
- hard hat
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 9 in x 11 in; 15.24 cm x 22.86 cm x 27.94 cm
- worn
- United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History online exhibition
- Related Web Publication
- https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/treasures-american-history
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
- National Treasures exhibit
- September 11
- Title
- Iron worker's Hard Hat
- National Museum of American History
- associated subject
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks
- related event
- September 11th Attacks
- Attack on the World Trade Center
- Record ID
- nmah_1191656
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5d42-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
