Old Picture Of Workers On Beam

The famous photo of the new york construction workers lunching on a crossbeam was taken during construction of the rca building at 30 rockefeller center in manhattan new york city.

Old picture of workers on beam.

17 x 13 in other sizes. The photograph depicts eleven men eating lunch seated on a girder with their feet dangling 256 meters 840 feet above the new york city streets. A group of steel workers standing on scaffolding 70 storeys high looking down over new york city from the ge building the centerpiece of rockefeller center c. Lunch atop a skyscraper photograph.

22 two constructions workers attaching a beam with a crane. Other photos were taken on that day too. 12 x 9 in other sizes. Here the picture seems to say are the immigrants who built by hand.

However it is the lunchtime photo that would end up being in the new york herald tribune that october. 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 story behind the famous shot for 80 years the 11 ironworkers in the iconic photo have remained unknown and now thanks to new research two of them have. Recreation of the iconic photo michael crompton.

Jul 5 2020 high rise workers. Explore our range of t shirts and novelty gifts. 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. Painters work on the mexico house for the old city anniversary james l.

20 that s an awesome picture of union ironworkers. See more ideas about steel worker ironworkers construction worker. You can even turn your own photo into an art masterpiece with. Construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground at the building site of the rca building.

Construction workers resting on steel beam above manhattan 1932.