Lunch atop a Skyscraper

1932 photograph of workers atop the steelwork of 30 Rockefeller Plaza

Lunch atop a Skyscraper is a photograph taken at the top of the steelwork of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, during the construction of the Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A.. It was taken on 20 September 1932. The picture shows a group of workers not wearing safety equipment and eating on a beam at 840 feet (260 m) off the ground.

The photo: authorship unknown, maybe Charles Clyde Ebbets