Photo of the Day: 1932 Lunch Break, 30 Rock
Rockefeller Center Construction: New York. Click to view full-size.
This 1932 photo by fearless photographer Charles C. Ebbets shows workmen eating lunch on the 69th floor of the GE Building during the construction of Rockefeller Center. The photo was originally published in the New York Herald Tribune. Notice that the worker on the far right is holding what looks like a liquor flask. I guess it gets chilly up there.
In additions to his daring work as a photographer, Ebbets worked as a pilot, a race car driver, and a professional wrestler.
Related photos: Empire State Bldg; Sleeping Above Manhattan (1932); Relaxing Above Manhattan (1932); Night Above Manhattan (circa 1932);
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Posted by: António Andrade | October 10, 2007 at 11:02 AM
hello my name is shenea and i have to do a re-creation of a picture during a time that effected the united states history...i am looking for a picture similar to this one but the men are sleeping on the scaffold...by any chance do you have this pictrue or know where i can find it...even the name will be helpful...thankyou..my email address is
snow.babe14@hotmail.com
Posted by: shenea | November 23, 2007 at 02:42 PM
Shenea,
The photo is Sleeping Above Manhattan (Charles Ebbets, 1930).
Posted by: Dr X | December 02, 2007 at 11:47 AM
I have this photo framed at home, costing me $400!! For the life of me and my whole family we were trying to figure out what the men were doing, our suggestion was that they had just received their paychecks and were relaxing during lunch hour!!
Posted by: | January 30, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Does anyone know how to find out the names of the individuals in the photograph are? My husband looks exactly like the guy 5th from the right (shirt off). I'm curious to find out if he is a distant relative.
Posted by: Jennifer R | February 18, 2009 at 11:42 PM