The surprising truth behind the famous skyscraper lunch photo
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The surprising truth behind the famous skyscraper lunch photo

Taken on September 20, 1932, this iconic black-and-white image shows eleven ironworkers casually sitting on a steel beam 850 feet above the ground. While it looks like a daring moment from the daily routine of construction workers in Manhattan, the famous scene was actually a carefully staged publicity stunt to promote the new Rockefeller Center.

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