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.
Workers sitting on steel beam eating lunch.
Shot of 11 workers eating and smoking 69 floors up was staged for.
A second rarely seen image captured on the same day may reveal why.
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.
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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.
Ebbets print poster 20 x 16.
The photograph depicts 11 men eating lunch seated on a girder with their feet dangling hundreds of feet.
Admiring this iconic nyc photograph i made this resin sculpture that catches the details of the figures and gives new life to this masterpiece.
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 photograph.
The picture that proves why iconic photograph of workers eating their lunch on rockefeller beam was all a publicity stunt.
Ebbets during construction of the rca building renamed as the ge building in 1986 at rockefeller center.
Lunch atop a skyscraper new york construction workers lunching on a crossbeam is a famous photograph taken in 1932 by charles c.
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.
Workers atop the 70 story rca building in new york s rockefeller center lunch on a steel beam overlooking the city in 1932.
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Lunch atop a skyscraper was in fact one of many staged photographs taken on september 20 1932 as part of a publicity.