Eating Lunch On A Steel Beam

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Eating lunch on a steel beam.

New york lunch atop a skyscraper photograph taken in 1932 by charles c. But most famously all 11 ate lunch on a steel beam their feet dangling 850 feet above the city s streets. Workers atop the 70 story rca building in new york s rockefeller center lunch on a steel beam. A popular misconception about lunch atop a skyscraper is that it was taken on top of the empire state building.

Lunch atop a skyscraper 1932 lunch atop a skyscraper new york construction workers lunching on a crossbeam is a photograph taken atop the steelwork of 30 rockefeller plaza during the construction of the rockefeller center in manhattan new york city united states. The image was a publicity effort. But lunch atop a skyscraper has come to represent the country s resilience especially on labor day. The image of the 11 workers perched on a beam 69 floors above manhattan eating lunch sharing banter and lighting cigarettes is one of the world s most reproduced.

The sight of 11 rockefeller center construction workers casually eating lunch across a beam hanging 850 feet in the air was a hopeful look at life in the. This item hse 1932 iconic photo of eleven ironworkers eating their lunch sitting on steel beam classic poster 24x36 2 to 5 days shipping from usa. Source formerly attributed to unknown it has been credited to charles c. Ebbets since 2003 and erroneously to lewis hine.

29 sep 1932 construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground at the building site of the rca building in rockefeller center. Ebbets print poster 20 x 16. The image was actually captured atop rockefeller center during its construction.