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Workers sitting on steel beam photo.
Part detective story part homage to the american immigrant experience and ultimately a tribute to the simple dignity of hard work the documentary film men at lunch examines the mysteries behind.
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.
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 photograph depicts eleven men eating lunch seated on a girder with their feet dangling 256 meters 840 feet above the new york city streets.