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• General Information
• Sept 07
• Issue: 215

What’s Up on the Web?

As we mark the 6th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Wisconsin Historical Society web site offers an interesting, albeit bittersweet, look at the building of the World Trade Center structures from the point of view of sociology professor Richard Quinney who was teaching at New York University in 1969 during the construction of the towers. The site includes numerous color photographs taken by Quinney at and around the construction site as well as a link to an article by him entitled “110 Stories,” that appeared in the Autumn 2002 issue (vol. 86, no. 1) of the Wisconsin Magazine of History. In that article, Quinney places the construction of the World Trade Center within the political and cultural contexts of New York City and the entire country at that time, and thus provides us with a different perspective from which to reflect upon the tragedy of September 11, 2001. Quinney’s photographs and his article can be accessed at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/feature/wtc/.

September is, of course, also the month in which we celebrate Labor Day. Did you know that the first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City? That’s according to the U.S. Department of Labor web site which provides a brief history of the holiday at http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm.

[Ann Gunning, Member Services Librarian, Nylink]