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Podcast: Witness History
Episode: Lunch atop a Skyscraper
Description: In 1932, a photo was taken showing 11 New York ironworkers casually eating their lunch while sitting on a steel beam at the top of a skyscraper. No safety harnesses, no helmets. Their legs dangle freely over the death-defying drop.'Lunch atop a Skyscraper' is now one of the most famous pictures in the world but it's an image surrounded in mystery. For years, the identity of its photographer and the 11 men have been unknown.Christine Roussel, archivist at the Rockefeller Center, tells Vicky Farncombe about her mission to uncover the photoβs secrets.Eye-witness ac...