Famous Picture Of Man Sitting On Steel Beam

But most famously all 11 ate lunch on a steel beam their feet dangling 850 feet above the city s streets.

Famous picture of man sitting on steel beam.

These workers were constructing 70 floors of the skyscraper that day sharing food and cigarettes. According to archivists the photograph was in fact prearranged. The photograph was taken on september 20 1932 on the 69th floor of the rca building during the last months of construction. What these men were sitting on would become known as 30 rockefeller plaza.

This was a beacon of hope during the height of the great depression at the time. One of new york city s most famous photographs turned 80 thursday. The iconic photograph of workers enjoying their break whilst perched on a beam 69 floors up was in fact just a publicity stunt taken on september 20 1932 it was intended to look like a. 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.

According to filmmaker séan ó cualáin whose documentary men at lunch attempts to uncover the secrets of the famous lunch atop a skyscraper photo taken in 1932 matty and sonny are two of the 11. 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. Ebbets print poster 20 x 16. In addition to photos featuring different poses for the 11 men on the beam there s also a rarely seen picture of four of the men stretched out across it taking a well deserved nap.

The picture shows 11 men eating lunch while atop a skyscraper in 1932. Steel beam crashes through truck driver the great depression in new york city inter trend rooftopping native americans who built skysers the legend of keanu reeves gq lunch atop a skyser photograph the story behind famous. You ve seen the photograph before and probably some of the playful parodies it. The image taken at what is now the ge building struck a chord with americans during the great depression.