Construction Workers Eating Lunch On A Beam

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Construction workers eating lunch on a beam.

A few pretended to nap. The image was a publicity effort. It showed the world that new york. Source formerly attributed to unknown it has been credited to charles c.

According to archivists the photograph was in fact prearranged. Sculptures inspired by the famous photograph of the eleven workers eating lunch on a beam during the construction of rockefeller center in 1932. 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. 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 30s.

Ebbets since 2003 and erroneously to lewis hine. Construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground at the building site of the rca building. Some of the tradesmen tossed a football. The art 29 sep 1932 manhattan new york city new york state usa construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground at the building site of the rca building in rockefeller center.

The photograph titled lunch atop a skyscraper or new york construction workers lunching on a crossbeam was taken 69 floors from the ground and was first printed in the new york herald tribune on oct. Lunch on a beam during the construction of rockefeller center in 1932. Getty images construction workers relax on the beams of a construction building in new york city. Capturing lunch atop a skyscraper.

One of the most iconic photos of american workers is not what it seems 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.