A Steelworker on Top of the Empire State Building, 1930
Working on top of the Empire State Building in 1930 was not for the faint of heart, especially for those who could literally faint if they were terrified of heights. This man was photographed sitting on two wooden planks high above the streets of Manhattan. And photographer Lewis Hine had to stand on a specially formulated basket that swung 1,000 feet above Fifth Avenue to snap this photo of the epic skyscraper’s construction.
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