Lunch atop a skyscraper
Let's go!
By tristan diverchy
Introduction:
Lunch atop a skyscraper 20 September 1932 New-York Rockefeller Center 02 October 1932 : New-York Herald Tribune Great Depression Charles Clyde Ebbets Thomas Kelley William Leftwich
I. Description:
11 "iron workers" -> 260 metersTake lunch, smoke, read Relaxed and indifferent -> deadly danger Background: New-York Top right hand corner: Central Park Bottom: Buildings Mist -> Blurry Natural light: contrast No colors 69th floor of Rockefeller Center Fall 1932 Middle of the day
Joseph Eckner
Sonny Glynn Matty O'Shaughnessy
Symmetric Horizontal leading line Focus: Beam and workers
Joe Curtis
Interpretation
02
not stuntmen -> real workers ("iron workers)" Immigrant (Ireland) -> American Dream Publicity stunt danger and height = real work without safety equipment Pose -> New Rockefeller Center Human resilience + power of work "In a broken America, these men are building the city with courage and hope" Importance of these men
Anonymity for decades
3. Express your opinion:
Beautiful and impressive Not stuntmen Keep calm Appear natural
conclusion
Not just archival photograph Masterpiece Transcend time: parodies
Lunch atop a skyscraper
Tristan Diverchy
Created on May 17, 2026
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Lunch atop a skyscraper
Let's go!
By tristan diverchy
Introduction:
Lunch atop a skyscraper 20 September 1932 New-York Rockefeller Center 02 October 1932 : New-York Herald Tribune Great Depression Charles Clyde Ebbets Thomas Kelley William Leftwich
I. Description:
11 "iron workers" -> 260 metersTake lunch, smoke, read Relaxed and indifferent -> deadly danger Background: New-York Top right hand corner: Central Park Bottom: Buildings Mist -> Blurry Natural light: contrast No colors 69th floor of Rockefeller Center Fall 1932 Middle of the day
Joseph Eckner
Sonny Glynn Matty O'Shaughnessy
Symmetric Horizontal leading line Focus: Beam and workers
Joe Curtis
Interpretation
02
not stuntmen -> real workers ("iron workers)" Immigrant (Ireland) -> American Dream Publicity stunt danger and height = real work without safety equipment Pose -> New Rockefeller Center Human resilience + power of work "In a broken America, these men are building the city with courage and hope" Importance of these men
Anonymity for decades
3. Express your opinion:
Beautiful and impressive Not stuntmen Keep calm Appear natural
conclusion
Not just archival photograph Masterpiece Transcend time: parodies