The Forgotten Laborers: Remembering The Fallen Ironworkers Of 1932

September 1, 2019 at 7:00 a. m. Eleven pairs of shoes were dangling over the new york city skyline. It was september of 1932, as the. Webthe iconic photograph known as “lunch atop a skyscraper” captures a moment frozen in time, taken on september 20, 1932. Webthe photo features 11 construction workers casually having lunch while dangling 850 feet above the big apple one september day in 1932.

Weblunch atop a skyscraper, the 1932 photograph of the most perilous yet playful lunch break ever captured, is one of the 100 most influential images of all time. Webthe photograph—which is sometimes referred to as “men at work”—is called “lunch atop a skyscraper” and it was captured by one of three photographers. Webon september 20, 1932, high above 41st street in manhattan, 11 ironworkers took part in a daring publicity stunt. The men were accustomed to walking along the girders of the.