Iron Workers Sitting On Steel Beam

8 ironworker standing on an i beam pulling a rope.

Iron workers sitting on steel beam.

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. Building trades alberta posted the photos to facebook on behalf of iron workers union local 720 and the. Lunch atop a skyscraper photograph. 9 construction workers and crane seen from below.

Workers atop the 70 story rca building in new york s rockefeller center lunch on a steel beam overlooking the city in 1932. Top 10 odd jobs that pay amazingly well. 7 construction worker maneuvering rope and pulley. Admiring this iconic nyc photograph i made this resin sculpture that catches the details of the figures and gives new life to this masterpiece.

Lunch atop a skyscraper c 1932 charles c. Construction workers resting on steel beam above manhattan 1932. Shot of 11 workers eating and smoking 69 floors up was staged for. 17 x 13 in other sizes.

Getty images bettmann getty images. Get the ironworker t shirt hoodie from here. The photograph depicts 11 men. 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.

20 x 16 in. But most famously all 11 ate lunch on a steel beam their feet dangling 850 feet above the city s streets. They were trying to emulate the famous photo of ironworkers sitting on a beam in new york. The picture that proves why iconic photograph of workers eating their lunch on rockefeller beam was all a publicity stunt.

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