Collected Dust
Photo credit: David E. Starke
Accession Number: C.2013.26.1
Dimensions: 3 in X 4.5 in
Dimensions (Metric): 7.62 cm X 11.43 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 7.62 cm X 11.43 cm
Source: Skip Blumberg
Credit Line: Gift of Skip Blumberg, Friends of City Hall Park
Description
Plastic food storage container filled with collected World Trade Center dust. The lid is labeled with handwritten text that reads: "WTC DUST | 10/01 | C Aaron / Blumberg | 238 Broadway #2E."
Plastic food storage container filled with collected World Trade Center dust. The lid is labeled with handwritten text that reads: "WTC DUST | 10/01 | C Aaron / Blumberg | 238 Broadway #2E."
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. Others collected dust to have them tested for contaminants.
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. Others collected dust to have them tested for contaminants.
