Eating Lunch On A Beam

A few pretended to nap.

Eating lunch on a beam.

But the most iconic of these photographs is no doubt the one of several workers eating lunch on a construction beam hovering hundreds of feet in the air with no obvious signs of worry. Capturing lunch atop a skyscraper getty images construction workers relax on the beams of a construction building in new york city. Some of the tradesmen tossed a football. The photograph was taken on september 20 1932 on the 69th floor of the rca building during the last months of construction.

It showed the world that new york. The photograph depicts eleven men eating lunch seated on a girder with their feet dangling 256 meters 840 feet above the new york city streets. Part detective story part homage to the american immigrant experience and ultimately a tribute to the simple dignity of hard work the documentary film men at lunch examines the mysteries behind. According to archivists the photograph was in fact prearranged.

But most famously all 11 ate lunch on a steel beam their feet dangling 850 feet above the city s streets. A tribute to america s heroes sculptures inspired by the famous photograph of the eleven workers eating lunch on a beam during the construction of rockefeller center in 1932. Hse 1932 iconic photo of eleven ironworkers eating their lunch sitting on steel beam classic poster 24x36 2 to 5 days shipping from usa. 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 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.