Wall Panel
Photo credit: Jon Crispin
Accession Number: C.2014.373.9
Dimensions: 8 ft X 4 ft X 0.25 in
Dimensions (Metric): 20.32 cm X 10.16 cm X 0.635 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 20.32 cm X 10.16 cm X 0.635 cm
Credit Line: Courtesy of the State of New Jersey and the Families of the Victims of 9/11
Description
Panel from the New Jersey Family Assistance Center, Jersey City, New Jersey. The panel is covered with signatures and handwritten notes expressing condolences for and tributes to multiple victims. Photographs, memorial programs, drawings, missing posters, dried flowers, ribbons, and stuffed toys are also posted to the panel. Represented victims include Jim Sands Jr., Thomas Harold Bowden, Jr., Peter Keith Ortale, James Kenneth Samuel, Jr., and Gino Luigi Calvi.
Panel from the New Jersey Family Assistance Center, Jersey City, New Jersey. The panel is covered with signatures and handwritten notes expressing condolences for and tributes to multiple victims. Photographs, memorial programs, drawings, missing posters, dried flowers, ribbons, and stuffed toys are also posted to the panel. Represented victims include Jim Sands Jr., Thomas Harold Bowden, Jr., Peter Keith Ortale, James Kenneth Samuel, Jr., and Gino Luigi Calvi.
Historical Notes
Nearly 700 9/11 victims were New Jersey residents. Acting New Jersey Governor Donald T. DiFrancesco established a family assistance center in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, across the Hudson River from lower Manhattan, so that family members could receive services and information closer to home. Those who built the center installed panels on which photographs, tributes, cards, and messages could be placed. Some families repeatedly wrote on the same panel on return visits to the center.
Nearly 700 9/11 victims were New Jersey residents. Acting New Jersey Governor Donald T. DiFrancesco established a family assistance center in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, across the Hudson River from lower Manhattan, so that family members could receive services and information closer to home. Those who built the center installed panels on which photographs, tributes, cards, and messages could be placed. Some families repeatedly wrote on the same panel on return visits to the center.
