Eating Lunch On A Steel Beam

The image was actually captured atop rockefeller center during its construction.

Eating lunch on a steel beam.

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. New york lunch atop a skyscraper photograph taken in 1932 by charles c. Getty images an iron worker balances himself on a beam 15 floors high. Ebbets print poster 20 x 16.

But lunch atop a skyscraper has come to represent the country s resilience especially on labor day. 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. 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 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. But most famously all 11 ate lunch on a steel beam their feet dangling 850 feet above the city s streets. But lunch atop a skyscraper was different.

A few pretended to nap. Ebbets since 2003 and erroneously to lewis hine. A popular misconception about lunch atop a skyscraper is that it was taken on top of the empire state building.