I found this framed photo displayed in a local pizzaria, and asked permission to take a snapshot. I'm pretty sure, but not positive, that it was taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
Having a heck of a time finding the photographer, but I did find this:
"Two waiters serve two steel workers lunch, on a girder high above New York City, 14th November 1930. The building upon which they are perched is the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Park Avenue, under construction by Thompson-Starrett. The building in the bottom left is the New York Central Building, later the Helmsley Building. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)"
Thanks for the link, Rob. I'm now thinking the photographer might have been Charles Clyde Ebbets. There are other images of workers on girders from the same era that are known to be his.
Having a heck of a time finding the photographer, but I did find this:
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Thanks for the link, Rob. I'm now thinking the photographer might have been Charles Clyde Ebbets. There are other images of workers on girders from the same era that are known to be his.
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