Men At Lunch

New York City, 1932. America is in the throes of the Great Depression. The huge influx of Italian, Irish, and Jewish immigrants has led to unprecedented urban expansion. A photograph, 'Lunch atop a Skyscraper,' is taken during the construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. In it, eleven workmen are taking their lunch break while casually perched along a steel girder - boots dangling 850 feet above the sidewalk, Central park and the misty Manhattan skyline stretching out behind them.

For 80 years, the identity of the eleven men - and the photographer that immortalized them - remained a mystery. But finally, the photograph is beginning to give up some of its secrets.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 29 september, 2014