PugJesusPhotographer Charles Ebbets taking pictures atop the unfinished Empire State Building, New York, USA, ~1932
KickMeElmoWell that’s terrifying.
This is how workers built those skyscrapers–with zero safety devices. 5 workers died building the Empire State Building and 60 workers died building the World Trade Centre. These buildings had several thousands of workers so the death rate was just 1%-2% which was deemed acceptable. A handful of workers dying while something was being built was just expected before unions and safety regulations changed that.
ZloubidaIt changed a little for sure, but 13 people still die at work every day in the US. And nobody cares.
Thank you.
Me too, went from being endangered worker to safety instructor.
He’s got a whole Buster Keaton thing going on.
I wonder how he can squeeze his legs so much with the gigantic balls of steel he has
He’s not on the unfinished Empire State Building because the finished building is behind him.
Looks like something in midtown. Maybe Rockefeller Building?
I have no eye for landmarks, fixed
Chrysler building?
That was finished in 1930, two years before this picture was taken, also the angle towards the Empire State Building doesn’t fit. The Rockefeller Center was under construction in 1932 and would fit the location.
So… Who took this picture?
Another Charles Ebbets
He himself took the picture with two perfectly arranged mirrors
I can’t tell if this is real or not.
ՈրբունիWith nice spectator shoes with leather soles for maximum slippage.
acargitzOld school cool.
Dude is hundreds of feet in the air, clinging to an I-Beam, holding steady enough to take an iconic picture… in fucking wing-tip shoes…
I don’t know why… but it’s the shoes out of all of it that makes this whole thing a thousand times more absurd…
Windows_Error_NoisesIf the passion for his photography wasn’t hot enough, already, the wingtips make it a thousand times better…
potoooooooo ✅️I hate this.
therealjcdentonI don’t think this is real
Wow the smog is disgusting.
Terrible era to have lungs in.
Coal…furnaces, ships, trains, etc.
I’m trying to see if his shoes are tied with a square knot.
I had a friend who worked high steel and cranes and he said his guys used shirt laces with square knots so they didn’t untie easily and if they did the ends weren’t a tripping hazard.
I don’t know when that started, but it looks like his shoes don’t have loops.
Great way to tie hiking shoes, round-section laces work best.
VeganPizza69 ⓋNone of that shoes, clothes, beam, or height matters.
If you’re a photographer, the only thing that matters is holding the camera and taking the shot.