Ebbets since 2003 and erroneously to lewis hine.
Construction workers eating lunch on high beam.
The image was a publicity effort.
The photograph was taken on september 20 1932 on the 69th floor of the rca building during the last months of construction.
Lunch atop a skyscraper captured 11 workers lunching amid construction of new york s rockefeller center on september 20 1932 but there s much more to the story.
Lunch atop a skyscraper new york construction workers lunching on a crossbeam is a famous photograph taken in 1932 by charles c.
Many mistakenly believe that this photo was shot atop the empire state building but it was actually taken during the construction of 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.
But lunch atop a skyscraper was different.
Formerly attributed to unknown it has been credited to charles c.
Ebbets during construction of the rca building renamed as the ge building in 1986 at rockefeller center.
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.