Construction Workers Eating Lunch On A Beam

Sculptures inspired by the famous photograph of the eleven workers eating lunch on a beam during the construction of rockefeller center in 1932.

Construction workers eating lunch on a beam.

According to archivists the photograph was in fact prearranged. The image was a publicity effort. A few pretended to nap. The photograph was taken on september 20 1932 on the 69th floor of the rca building during the last months of construction.

Lunch on a beam during the construction of rockefeller center in 1932. 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. Ebbets since 2003 and erroneously to lewis hine. But most famously all 11 ate lunch on a steel beam their feet dangling 850 feet above the city s streets.

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. It showed the world that new york. Some of the tradesmen tossed a football. Construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground at the building site of the rca building.

The photograph titled lunch atop a skyscraper or new york construction workers lunching on a crossbeam was taken 69 floors from the ground and was first printed in the new york herald tribune on oct. 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. 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 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 30s. Capturing lunch atop a skyscraper.