The National September 11 Collection
The collections we present on this site represent a work in progress. Early collections embody the best efforts of staff across the National Museum of American History to document and preserve a wide range of stories about September 11. Recent collecting efforts have integrated a more collaborative community-based approach to find underrepresented and unknown stories. Each object, as material evidence of the attacks and their immediate aftermath, is a piece of a large and complex story. The collections will grow as we gain historical perspective and a greater understanding of the events of September 11.
La Colección Nacional 11 de Septiembre
La colección que presentamos en este sitio es una obra en progreso. Las primeras recopilaciones plasman los mejores esfuerzos del personal del Museo Nacional de Historia Americana por documentar y preservar una amplia gama de relatos acerca del 11 de septiembre. Los esfuerzos de colección recientes han integrado un enfoque más colaborativo, de base comunitaria, en busca de historias desconocidas o poco representadas. Cada objeto, como evidencia material de los ataques y su secuela inmediata, es un pedazo de una historia larga y compleja. Las colecciones crecerán a medida que ampliemos la perspectiva histórica y la comprensión de los eventos.
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Windows On The World Menu
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 2001
- maker
- Glaser, Milton
- ID Number
- 2004.0300.05
- accession number
- 2004.0300
- catalog number
- 2004.0300.05
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Fire Safety Whistle
- Description
- Description: This fire warden's whistle and badge were recovered from the debris of the World Trade Center.
- Context: Fire and emergency training is especially important in a high-rise building. In accordance with New York City Local Law 5, tenants of the World Trade Center were required to appoint safety teams for each floor they occupied. The Port Authority provided training and supplies, including a whistle, red cap, flashlight, and badge, for each floor warden. In addition, every tenant was required to participate in a fire drill at least once every six months.
- By most accounts, the evacuation of the World Trade Center buildings was quick and orderly. According to newspaper reports, 99 percent of the people below the points of impact survived, and at the time of collapse, the stairways were reported largely clear of building occupants. For those above the impact zones or trapped in elevators, however, there was no escape.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2002.0238.01
- accession number
- 2002.0238
- catalog number
- 2002.0238.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Fire Truck Door
- Description
- Description: This collection of New York Fire Department (FDNY) equipment recovered from the debris of the World Trade Center includes a door and tail light panel from a crushed fire truck, two axe heads, and two firefighter’s pry bars.
- Context: When the first hijacked plane crashed into the World Trade Center, the New York Fire Department immediately responded. Officers set up a command center in the lobby of the north tower and bravely rushed up the stairs to rescue the trapped occupants and put out the raging fires. When the towers collapsed, numerous trucks were crushed, and 343 members of the New York Fire Department were killed.
- This door is from a FDNY rescue pumper truck destroyed in the World Trade Center collapse. The truck belonged to Squad One of Brooklyn, part of FDNY’s Special Operations Command, an elite group of firefighters who respond to unique fire and emergency situations. Squad One lost 12 members on Septmeber 11.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2002.0055.04
- accession number
- 2002.0055
- catalog number
- 2002.0055.04
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Light Panel, Truck
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2002.0055.03
- accession number
- 2002.0055
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Cadaver Scent Bag
- Description (Brief)
- This bag contains a synthetic cadaver scent to help keep search dogs on their task. This cadaver scent bag was used at the ruins of the World Trade Center in New York City in 2001 by Trooper Rick Scranton and his German shepherd, Theo, from the New York State Police K-9 Unit. The bag is a soiled white canvas pouch that has a Velcro closure at the top of the bag.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- UNK
- ID Number
- 2002.0019.04
- accession number
- 2002.0019
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Soup Bowl
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1995
- maker
- Steelite
- ID Number
- 2002.0239.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Grill Scraper
- Description
- Description: This grill scraper was used by kitchen worker Leocio Luis-Perguero at the Windows on the World restaurant in the World Trade Center.
- Context: Innovation is part of all work. Wanting a better grease scraper, Leocio Luis-Perguero adapted a commercially available paint scraper to his job in the kitchen of the Windows on the World restaurant. On September 10 he had taken the scraper home to resharpen it. Windows on the World, located on the 107th floor of the north tower of the World Trade Center, had a staff of about 450 workers. On the morning of September 11, over 70 people who were at work were trapped by the attack, and died when the building collapsed.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1990s
- maker
- Hyde
- ID Number
- 2002.0239.10
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Banner, Kotzebue
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 2001
- maker
- Maniilaq Association
- ID Number
- 2002.0236.02
- catalog number
- 2002.0236.02
- accession number
- 2002.0236
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Police Helmet, Port Authority
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Cairns & Brother
- ID Number
- 2002.0056.03
- accession number
- 2002.0056
- catalog number
- 2002.0056.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Baseball Cap
- Location
- Currently not on view
- worn
- Giuliani, Rudy
- ID Number
- 2002.0240.01
- accession number
- 2002.0240
- catalog number
- 2002.0240.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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'Greeter' Uniform Skirt
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1990s
- maker
- UTY Apparel
- ID Number
- 2002.0239.12
- accession number
- 2002.0239
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Fire Axe Head
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Iowa American Firefighting Equipment and Co. Inc.
- ID Number
- 2002.0055.01
- catalog number
- 2002.0055.01
- accession number
- 2002.0055
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Breathing Apparatus
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1990s
- maker
- Comfo Classic
- ID Number
- 2002.0019.05
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Lorraine Lee Key Ring
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1990s
- ID Number
- 2004.0267.03
- accession number
- 2004.0267
- catalog number
- 2004.0267.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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State of Maryland Driver's License
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1999
- ID Number
- 2005.0019.02
- accession number
- 2005.0019
- catalog number
- 2005.0019.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Leslie Whittington's Wedding Ring
- Description (Brief)
- This plain gold wedding band has notches around the exterior. This ring was worn by Leslie Whittington while on American Airlines Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. She was traveling with her husband, Charlie and two children, Dana and Zoe, who also perished.
- Location
- Currently on loan
- Date made
- 1984
- ID Number
- 2005.0020.02
- accession number
- 2005.0020
- catalog number
- 2005.0020.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Melted File Cabinet
- Description
- Description: This crushed file cabinet was recovered from the debris pile at the World Trade Center.
- Context: The World Trade Center complex was home to a wide variety of businesses, including a number of retail stores on the plaza and underground levels. This file cabinet came from a Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream shop that was a popular fixture on the plaza. Terrorist attacks such as those of September 11 often target civilians rather than combatants.
- ID Number
- 2002.0056.01
- accession number
- 2002.0056
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Salvation Army Employee Jacket
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 2001-09-11
- ID Number
- 2015.0067.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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World Trade Center Emergency Badge
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 2001-09-11
- ID Number
- 2015.0067.07
- accession number
- 2015.0067
- catalog number
- 2015.0067.07
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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"Windows on the World" Salad Plate
- Description (Brief)
- This white, crescent-shaped salad plate has a starry blue sky and a thin, yellow crescent moon baked into the surface. This plate was part of the collection of dinnerware used in the "Windows on the World" restaurant located on the 107th floor of Tower 1 of the World Trade Center. “Windows on the World” was a popular destination with building occupants, tourists, and city residents. The china survived because the owner of the restaurant had taken the china home for a private function.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1995
- maker
- Steelite
- ID Number
- 2002.0239.02
- accession number
- 2002.0239
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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