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Jessica Contrera

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  • Workers atop the 70-story RCA building in New York's Rockefeller Center having lunch on a steel beam.

    One of the Most Iconic Photos of American Workers is Not What it Seems

    But “Lunch atop a Skyscraper,” which was taken during the Great Depression, has come to represent the country's resilience, especially on Labor Day.
    by Jessica Contrera via Retropolis
    This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
    on September 1, 2019
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