Eating Lunch On A Steel Beam

But lunch atop a skyscraper was different.

Eating lunch on a steel beam.

But lunch atop a skyscraper has come to represent the country s resilience especially on labor day. Ebbets print poster 20 x 16. The image was a publicity effort. Workers atop the 70 story rca building in new york s rockefeller center lunch on a steel beam.

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. New york lunch atop a skyscraper photograph taken in 1932 by charles c. 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 since 2003 and erroneously to lewis hine.

Source formerly attributed to unknown it has been credited to charles c. 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. The image was actually captured atop rockefeller center during its construction. Some of the tradesmen tossed a football.

A popular misconception about lunch atop a skyscraper is that it was taken on top of the empire state building. But most famously all 11 ate lunch on a steel beam their feet dangling 850 feet above the city s streets. 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.