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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Photographer Charles Ebbets taking pictures atop an unfinished skyscraper, New York, USA, ~1932

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Photographer Charles Ebbets taking pictures atop an unfinished skyscraper, New York, USA, ~1932

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  • geekworking@lemmy.world
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    He’s not on the unfinished Empire State Building because the finished building is behind him.

    Looks like something in midtown. Maybe Rockefeller Building?

  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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    Wow the smog is disgusting.

    • aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Coal…furnaces, ships, trains, etc.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      Terrible era to have lungs in.

  • Lyre@lemmy.ca
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    So… Who took this picture?

    • JoeKis@lemmy.world
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      He himself took the picture with two perfectly arranged mirrors

      • rekorse@lemmy.world
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        I can’t tell if this is real or not.

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    Well that’s terrifying.

    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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      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.

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