Vintage construction photos

Lewis Hine, who was best known for his use of photography as a means to achieve social reform, was first a teacher of botany and nature studies at the Ethical Culture School in New York. It was while he was teaching that he was given a camera by the head of the school. In his hand, the camera became a powerful means of recording social injustice and labor abuses. Hine's interest in social welfare and in reform movements led him in 1905 to begin his first documentary series; immigrants on…

The Empire State Building, the 102-story skyscraper on Fifth Ave. between West 33rd and 34th Streets in Midtown Manhattan stands 1,454 feet tall. It was the world’s tallest building for 39 years from its completion in 1931 until the World Trade Center’s North Tower was completed in 1970. It has been named…

New York City features some of the world's biggest and most beautiful buildings but it didn't happen overnight.

🔶 DIGITAL PRODUCT 🔶 🔶 This is not a physical item 🔶 This is a high quality digital download of the iconic New York photograph of men atop a skyscraper. Makes the perfect photographer's gift. We masterfully restored and colorized this breathtaking vintage photograph of 11 workers eating lunch on a steel beam as they were taking a break from building the RCA Building (30 Rockefeller). This 1930s photograph was taken during the skyscraper boom in NYC around the time the Empire State…

El almuerzo de la muerte

THINK you’ve got it tough in the of the office? Is your boss bringing you down? Co-workers causing chaos? Secretary giving you strife?

Construction Worker Breaking Up Concrete Pavement, San Francisco, 1987. Man & Jackhammer. Photo Victor Arimondi.

In this article we illuminate the many qualities of character that can be built through active, effortful participation in conversation.

Flag pole painter, a man with a paint brush in one hand; New York City skyline, including the Empire State Building in the background Looking south to Midtown and Lower Manhattan ...