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    Lunch atop a Skyscraper is one of the most famous photos in history. The image was taken in 1932 by Charles C. Ebbets during the construction of the RCA Building (renamed as the GE Building in 1986) at Rockefeller Center. The photograph depicts eleven workers eating lunch, seated on a girder with their feet dangling hundreds of feet above the New York City streets.

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    Lunch atop a Skyscraper is one of the most famous photos in history. The image was taken in 1932 by Charles C. Ebbets during the construction of the RCA Building (renamed as the GE Building in 1986) at Rockefeller Center. The photograph depicts eleven workers eating lunch, seated on a girder with their feet dangling hundreds of feet above the New York City streets.

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    Lunch atop a Skyscraper is one of the most famous photos in history. The image was taken in 1932 by Charles C. Ebbets during the construction of the RCA Building (renamed as the GE Building in 1986) at Rockefeller Center. The photograph depicts eleven workers eating lunch, seated on a girder with their feet dangling hundreds of feet above the New York City streets.

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    Paula Pedrero Tuesday 5th of October 2010

    DESCRIPTION OF A FAMOUS PHOTO

    Lunch atop a Skyscraper is one of the most


    famous photos in history. The image was
    taken in 1932 by Charles C. Ebbets during
    the construction of the RCA
    Building (renamed as the GE Building in
    1986) at Rockefeller Center. The
    photograph depicts eleven workers eating
    lunch, seated on a girder with their feet
    dangling hundreds of feet above the New
    York City streets.
    th
    Ebbets took this photo on 29 of September
    in 1932 and it appeared in New York Herald
    nd
    Tribune on Sunday 2 of October. The
    th
    workers were building the 69 floor of the GE
    building the last several months of
    construction. The photograph Men Asleep on a Girder shows the same workers sleeping on the
    beam.

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