Iron Workers Eating Lunch On A Beam

But lunch atop a skyscraper was different.

Iron workers eating lunch on a beam.

Some of the tradesmen tossed a football a few pretended to nap. But most famously all 11 ate lunch on a steel beam their feet dangling 850 feet above the city s streets. The picture that proves why iconic photograph of workers eating their lunch on rockefeller beam was all a publicity stunt. New york lunch atop a skyscraper photograph taken in 1932 by charles c.

S sergio furnari iron workers eating lunch on a beam rughooking lunch atop a skyser uncovered the new york times 1932 a most famous photograph myherie honoring native americans who built skysers bridges. 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. On this particular day though they humored a photographer who was drumming up on excitement about the project s near completion. Ebbets print poster 20 x 16.

Workers atop the 70 story rca building in new york s rockefeller center lunch on a steel beam overlooking the city in 1932. New wide beam boat builders. Lunch atop a skyscraper photograph. Red bank new jersey.

Shot of 11 workers eating and smoking 69 floors up was staged for. Audi beam rings q7. Construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground at the building site of the rca building. Iron workers spent 11 years building the new structure until it was.

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 photograph was taken on september 20 1932 on the 69th floor of the rca building during the last months of construction. According to archivists the photograph was in fact prearranged. 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.