The Famous Skyscraper Lunch Photo — But What Were They Actually Saying?
Safety cartoon of workers eating lunch on a high steel beam, illustrating lack of fall protection in early construction work In 1932, eleven ironworkers sat casually on a narrow steel beam, hundreds of feet above New York City, eating their lunch as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world. No harnesses. No helmets. No visible safety precautions. Just sandwiches, cigarettes, and an…















