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Skyscraper Workers 1930s Stock Photos

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Construction workers walking on the scaffolding of the RCA building. New York, USA. Photograph. Around 1934.

Construction workers walking on the scaffolding of the RCA building

Rivetting team at work on the steel frame of a skyscraper, circa 1930.

USA, Construction Worker, Archival

Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine , showing members of a derrick gang fixing a beam during the construction of the Empire State Building, with the...

Laying a beam, Empire State Building, New York, c 1931.

Empire State Building, Construction Site, Construction Industry

men working on building frame, (b&w) - skyscraper workers 1930s stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Men working on building frame, (B&W)

1930-1939, Skyscraper, Occupation

New York: Ahh-h-h!Air like wine.An unusual picture of one of the intrepid window washers working on the Empire State Building,as he pauses in his...

Empire State Building Window Washer

Courage, Window Washer, Men

Worker pauses for a sandwich, resting on a girder during the construction of a skycraper.

High Rise Lunch

Skyscraper, 1930-1939, Occupation

Two workers high above lower Manhattan, during the construction of a skyscraper. The Singer Building is in the background.

1930-1939, Skyscraper, USA

Shirtless construction worker guages rivit holes on a girder on the Empire State Building, high above New York, New York, 1931.

'Constructing The Empire State Building'

Skyscraper, 1930-1939, Occupation

Team of riveters secures a huge girder into place during construction of the Paramount Building, Times Square, New York City.

Building Paramount

Skyscraper, Construction Industry, Building - Activity

Worker on the Empire State Building - Photo by Lewis Hine.

Worker on the Empire State Building.

Empire State Building, Occupation, Skyscraper

Construction of skyscrapers in Manhattan A worker welding steel girders during the construction of a skyscraper in Manhattan; in the background is...

Construction of skyscrapers in Manhattan A worker welding steel girders during the construction of a skyscraper in Manhattan; in the background is the Chrysler Building - undated, probably 1930 - Photographer: Lewis W. Hine - Vintage property of ulls

Skyscraper, Chrysler Building, 1930-1939

Three construction workers smoke while they climb the steel girders of a building under construction without a ladder.

Reach For The Sky

USA, Skyscraper, Climbing

'Rivetting the last bolts on The Morning Mast of the Empire State building', c1931. Rivetting the last bolts on The Morning Mast of the Empire State...

'Rivetting the last bolts on The Morning Mast of the Empire State building', c1931. Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine.

Empire State Building, Construction Industry, Skyscraper

Two male construction workers, wearing overalls, sitting atop a steel beam held aloft by a cable, above the mooring mast of the Empire State Building...

Structural Steel

Skyscraper, USA, 1930-1939

Construction worker crouches over the end of a girder high above the streets of New York.

Rather You Than Me

1930-1939, Skyscraper, Construction Worker

Group of construction workers, one man crouches to rivet girders of a construction frame, high up on a construction site with a view of the city...

Construction U.S.A.

Skyscraper, 1930-1939

Construction worker on a skyscraper site in Manhattan, New York, circa 1930. In the background is the 10 E 40th Street building .

Manhattan Construction

View on the Empire State Building and the nocturnal illuminated Lower Manhattan from the R.C.A. Building, which was being constructed at that time....

View from the R.C.A. Building

Empire State Building, Construction Industry, Archival

Workmen building a skyscraper in New York.

Building Skyscraper

Skyscraper, Building - Activity, Construction Industry

Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine , showing members of a derrick gang fixing a beam during the construction of the Empire State Building, with the...

Laying a Beam, Empire State Building, New York, c 1931.

Empire State Building, Construction Industry, Construction Site

Construction worker stands on crane pulley counterweight during the construction of the Empire State Building, New York, New York. Mid to late 1930....

Empire State Building Construction

Construction Industry, Skyscraper, Chrysler Building

Construction worker sits on a scaffold and looks over New York, Photograph, Around 1930 [Bauarbeiter, der auf einem Ger?st sitzt, blickt ?ber New...

Construction worker sits on a scaffold and looks over New York, Photograph, Around 1930

Skyscraper, Construction Industry, New York City

Construction Workers on the Empire State Building, New York City, USA, circa 1930.

Construction Workers Empire State Building

Empire State Building, Occupation, 1930-1939

Deux ouvriers travaillent en altitude, perchés sur le haut d'un gratte-ciel new-yorkais malgré le danger, circa 1930 à New York City, NY.

Deux ouvriers sur le toit d'un gratte-ciel de Manhattan

Skyscraper, Occupation, New York City

Two male construction workers riveting on the edge of a steel girder on the mooring mast of the Empire State Building during its construction, New...

Construction Industry, 1930-1939, Construction Site

Construction workers setting steel beams on the mooring mast of the Empire State Building during its construction, New York City.

Construction Site, Construction Industry, 1930-1939

Three male riveters working on the steel framework of the mooring mast of the Empire State Building during its construction, New York City.

Construction Industry, 1930-1939, Construction Site

Low angle view of men on the steel framework of the mooring mast of the Empire State Building during its construction, New York City.

Construction Industry, 1930-1939, Construction Site

Two construction workers sitting high above the city on the mooring mast of the Empire State Building during its construction, New York City.

Empire Builders

Construction Industry, 1930-1939, Construction Site

Construction workers cheer as the last piece of limestone, decorated with two small American flags, is set in place on the parapet of the RCA...

Completion Of RCA Building

Looking down at two steel workers as they maneuver girders into position during the construction of a skyscraper.

Skyscraper Construction

Girder, Skyscraper, Danger

Copy of photograph 'Lunch Atop a Skyscraper' by Charles Clyde Ebbets is seen at Top of the Rock NYC Observation Deck of Rockefeller Center building...

New York City Skyline

View of the Chrysler Building seen from the Empire State Building out, Workers fly a flag, New York, The USA, Photograph, Around 1930 [Blick auf das...

View of the Chrysler Building seen from the Empire State Building out, Workers fly a flag, New York, The USA, Photograph, Around 1930

Chrysler Building, 1930-1939, Empire State Building

Shirtless construction worker guages rivit holes on a girder on the Empire State Building, high above New York, New York, 1931.

'Constructing The Empire State Building'

Construction Site, Construction Industry, Skyscraper

New York City: Sign Painter at work high over 42nd Street.

Sign Painter on Scaffold

Group of men hauling a girder up into a skyscraper they are building high above New York.

1930-1939, Skyscraper

Builders working on the construction of a skyscraper in New York.

1930-1939, Occupation, Skyscraper

Scene from the film 'King Kong' with the giant gorilla astride a Manhattan skyscraper grabbing a passing aeroplane. The film was directed by Merian C...

King Kong, Movie, Monster - Fictional Character

Sculptor Sergio Furnari's sculpture depicting the famous 1932 image of skyscraper construction workers outside the Capitol in Albany Friday Jan. 13,...

Albany Times Union

Window cleaner using a leather safety harness as he works on the exterior of The Empire State Building, New York City, circa 1935.

Precarious Work

Window Cleaner doing their work in New-York. USA. Photograph. Around 1930.

Window Cleaner doing their work in New-York

While New York's thousands rush to crowded restaurants and congested lunch counters for their noon day lunch, these intrepid steel workers atop the...

Lunch Atop A Skyscraper

Lunch, Rockefeller Center, New York City

Sep 1932, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA --- Construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground, at the...

Lunch Atop A Skyscraper

Lunch, Construction Worker, Construction Industry

Workers in conversation atop the scaffolding of the 102-storey Empire State Building in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, circa...

Scaffolders On The Empire State Building

Construction Industry, Construction Worker, Building Exterior

New York City: Lighting Up 'Way Up.' A striking silhouette atop the gigantic RCA Building in Rockefeller Center, New York, as workmen light their...

Workers Sharing Cigarettes on Skyscraper Beam

New York City, Blue-collar Worker, 1930-1939

Steel worker balances on a girder during the construction of the Empire State Building in New York City. The Chrysler Building can be seen in the...

Head For Heights

Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, Men

Two construction workers with a crane assist in laying a beam on the Empire State Building during its construction, New York City. Fifth Avenue and...

Construction Crane

Construction Industry, Skyscraper, Construction Site

Dinner is served: two waiters serving men on a cross beam high above New York. Sky scraper construction. Photography, about 1930. [Dinner is served:...

Dinner is served

Skyscraper, Waiter, New York City

Nigerian worker building the roof of a mud-house.

Nigerian Skyscraper

1930-1939, Occupation

'The final stages of the Mast; the street is some quarter mile below', c1931. 'The final stages of the Mast; the street is some quarter mile below....

'The final stages of the Mast; the street is some quarter mile below', c1931. Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine.

Empire State Building, Occupation, Construction Industry

Pedestrian crossing lights in New York. When the red hand lights up traffic stops and pedestrians have 20 seconds to cross.

Traffic Control

Street, 1930-1939, Women

Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine , showing a worker during construction of the Empire State Building, New York City, 1931.

Constructing the Empire State Building, New York, 1931.

Empire State Building, Construction Site, Construction Industry

Hecksher Building, in left center, at 57th Street and 5th Avenue.

Fifth Avenue and Plaza Hotel

1930-1939, Skyscraper

radio city music hall, 6th avenue, manhattan, nyc - skyscraper workers 1930s stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Radio City Music Hall, 6th Avenue, Manhattan, NYC

1930-1939, Rockefeller Center

Two construction workers riveting a steel girder on top of the mooring mast of the Empire State Building during its construction, New York City.

Construction Site, 1930-1939, Skyscraper

The Helmsley Building is a 35-story building located at 230 Park Avenue between East 45th and East 46th Streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City,...

The Helmsley Building at 230 Park Avenue.

Poster, Grand Central Station - Manhattan, New York City

Two men working on top of a skyscraper high above New York streets.

Don't Look Down

Skyscraper, USA, Building - Activity

Ouvriers effectuant des travaux devant un gratte-ciel à New York City, Etats-Unis en 1933.

Two builders resting during the construction of the Empire State Building, New York, circa 1933. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine . Hine was the...

Two builders during the construction of the Empire State Building, c 1933.

Construction Industry, Empire State Building

Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine , showing riveters at work a quarter of a mile above the pavement during the construction of the Empire State...

Riveting Gang, Empire State Building, c 1933

Empire State Building, Construction Industry, Archival