Historical Photographs with Fascinating Stories Behind Them

[post_page_title]Lunch break[/post_page_title]

This crazy photograph is so iconic that it has made its way onto dorm room posters in colleges around the United States. The picture of 11 men enjoying their lunch 840 feet above the ground was taken in Manhattan in 1932.

Lunch break

The workers posed on the 69th floor of the RCA Building for a promotional campaign, looking completely relaxed and unafraid of the huge drop below their feet. Titled Lunch Atop a Skyscraper, the photograph became immensely popular and has been reproduced on all sorts of merchandise, too.

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