New York. Lunch atop a Skyscraper. Photograph taken in 1932 by Charles C. Ebbets 16" x 20". Print.

Lunch atop a Skyscraper (New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam) is a famous photograph taken in 1932 by Charles C. Ebbets during construction of the RCA Building (renamed as the GE Building in 1986) at Rockefeller Center. The photograph depicts 11 men eating lunch, seated on a girder with their feet dangling hundreds of feet above the New York City streets. Ebbets took the photo on September 29, 1932, and it appeared in the New York Herald Tribune in its Sunday photo supplement on October 2. The man sitting fourth from the right is Native American John Charles Cook of the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation, also known as the Akwesasne. The men at the extreme left and extreme right are Matty O'Shaughnessy and Patrick (Sonny) Glynn, both from County Galway, Ireland. The third man from the left is Austin Lawton of King's Cove, Newfoundland. The copyright owner of the photograph, the Bettman Archive, did not recognize Charles C. Ebbets as the photographer until October 2003 (reportedly after months of investigation by a private investigation firm). The photograph has been frequently misattributed to Lewis Hine. In our store this poster is also available in various frames.