Eating Lunch On A Steel Beam

New york lunch atop a skyscraper photograph taken in 1932 by charles c.

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. But lunch atop a skyscraper was different. But most famously all 11 ate lunch on a steel beam their feet dangling 850 feet above the city s streets. 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.

Ebbets since 2003 and erroneously to lewis hine. 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. Some of the tradesmen tossed a football. Source formerly attributed to unknown it has been credited to charles c.

A few pretended to nap. 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. Getty images an iron worker balances himself on a beam 15 floors high. The image was a publicity effort.

A popular misconception about lunch atop a skyscraper is that it was taken on top of the empire state building. Ebbets print poster 20 x 16. Workers atop the 70 story rca building in new york s rockefeller center lunch on a steel beam.