Collected Dust
Photo credit: 9/11 Memorial staff
Accession Number: C.2013.26.3
Dimensions: 4.75 in X 4 in X 0.125 in
Dimensions (Metric): 12.065 cm X 10.16 cm X 0.3175 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 12.065 cm X 10.16 cm X 0.3175 cm
Source: Skip Blumberg
Credit Line: Gift of Skip Blumberg, Friends of City Hall Park
Description
Thick plastic Ziploc bag containing fine gray dust, slightly clumpy. Handwritten in black marker on the outside of the bag is text: "WTC debris | City Hall Park | 10/11/01 | Whole piece."
Thick plastic Ziploc bag containing fine gray dust, slightly clumpy. Handwritten in black marker on the outside of the bag is text: "WTC debris | City Hall Park | 10/11/01 | Whole piece."
Historical Notes
Immediately after the collapse of the Twin Towers, layers of thick gray dust and ash coated streets, vehicles, windows, and the interiors of homes and offices throughout lower Manhattan. The dust was a presence for months. Some people collected dust in an impulse to preserve and document what they experienced.
Immediately after the collapse of the Twin Towers, layers of thick gray dust and ash coated streets, vehicles, windows, and the interiors of homes and offices throughout lower Manhattan. The dust was a presence for months. Some people collected dust in an impulse to preserve and document what they experienced.
