Construction Workers Eating Lunch On A Steel Beam

Some of the tradesmen tossed a football a few pretended to nap.

Construction workers eating lunch on a steel beam.

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 photograph was taken on september 20 1932 on the 69th floor of the rca building during the last months of construction. But most famously all 11 ate lunch on a steel beam their feet dangling 850 feet above the city s streets. Formerly attributed to unknown it has been credited to charles c.

The story behind photo lunch atop mystery in the sky a legendary photo. According to archivists the photograph was in fact prearranged. Ebbets since 2003 and erroneously to lewis hine. The image was a publicity effort.

Many mistakenly believe that this photo was shot atop the empire state building but it was actually taken during the construction of rockefeller center. On this particular day though they humored a photographer who was drumming up excitement about the project s near completion. Construction workers eating lunch on a steel beam. Lunch atop a skyscraper captured 11 workers lunching amid construction of new york s rockefeller center on september 20 1932 but there s much more to the story.

Construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground at the building site of the rca building in rockefeller center in new york sept. But lunch atop a skyscraper was different. 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. 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.

10 fascinating facts about lunch atop a skyser mental floss. Admiring this iconic nyc photograph i made this resin sculpture that catches the details of the figures and gives new life to this masterpiece. Some of the tradesmen tossed a football. 1932 photo of workers on a steel beam business insider.

The photograph depicts 11 men eating lunch seated on a girder with their feet dangling 840 feet 260 meters above the new york city streets.