Object Details
maker
Hyde
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
Credit Line
NS Windows LLC
Date made
1990s
ID Number
2002.0239.10
accession number
2002.0239
catalog number
2002.0239.10
Object Name
Scraper
Measurements
overall: 18 cm x 1.5 cm; 7 1/16 in x 9/16 in
used
United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
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Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
September 11
Data Source
National Museum of American History
associated subject
September 11 Terrorist Attacks
related event
Attack on the World Trade Center
September 11th Attacks
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1029184