Lunch atop a Skyscraper [1932]


Lunch atop a Skyscraper (New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam) is a famous photograph taken by Charles C. Ebbets during construction of the GE Building at Rockefeller Center in 1932.

The photograph depicts 11 men eating lunch, seated on a girder with their feet dangling hundreds of feet above the New York City streets. Ebbets took the photo on September 29, 1932, and it appeared in the New York Herald Tribune in its Sunday photo supplement on October 2. Taken on the 69th floor of the GE Building during the last several months of construction, the photo Resting on a Girder shows the same workers napping on the beam.

Lunch atop a Skyscraper [1932]

Photographer: Charles C. Ebbets
Source: allposters.com

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18 Responses
Nixflex says:

wow talk about hights!
this is a verry nice picture

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 at 5:17 pm"  
Cool Photos says:

safety huh?
imagine something like this today…

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 at 8:28 pm"  
ez says:

i have a fear of heights….and literally even looking at this picture makes me cringe…..ridiculous photo

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 at 8:19 am"  
KristjanS says:

Same as ez… Brr… :| Nice photo.

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 at 1:31 am"  
SzabG says:

I love this picture, I have it on my wall :)

Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 11:29 am"  
Jacqueline A Mercurio says:

I think one of these men is my great grandfather does any know names?

Sunday, February 17th, 2008 at 10:41 pm"  
Victoria says:

When men were men.

This is the modern version. Lattes, fafafels, and laptops. :)

watchingcsi....

Friday, February 22nd, 2008 at 12:32 am"  
Kimberly says:

this is a tremendous photo. it has the depth and color balance and its just…wow!

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 at 4:25 pm"  
Elza says:

Well, that’s just badass.

Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 6:04 am"  
Ev says:

I’d be scared to move.

Friday, March 7th, 2008 at 10:01 pm"  
Sablicious says:

Who drew the short straw for being the furthest out…? : /

Sunday, April 6th, 2008 at 2:44 pm"  
Megan H. says:

I bought this poster and had it framed for my ex-husband, who’s an ironworker. I think he thought I gave him the world. Years later and since our divorce and he still has it hanging on his wall. AWESOME PIC!!!

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 2:17 am"  
Beth says:

Great picture. Very Americana. I love it!!

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 8:43 pm"  
Graylin B says:

Hard to believe, especially with the hazard of winds, certainly not computer generated.

Friday, April 25th, 2008 at 2:07 pm"  
sarah says:

omg! wouldn’t they be scared! :O those 2 men on the far left are just sitting talking like it is any other day! they r pretty stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 at 2:29 am"  
KAM says:

I have a fear of heights and this photo scares me half to death. I cannot imagine doing this …

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 at 10:08 pm"  
Lesley says:

Well, you only live once. This was probably a pretty common thing for these guys. And they probably had no one to answer to. I love their nonchalance. What men!

Saturday, May 10th, 2008 at 11:23 pm"  
Lou says:

This picture causes a bit of a misconception. The workers didn’t eat lunch like this regularly. Instead, one of the men had the idea that it would make for a good picture if they went out on the beam and pretended to each lunch. The photo is not spontaneous, it’s set up. This doesn’t necessarily take anything away from the picture, however.

Monday, May 19th, 2008 at 3:36 am"  

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