Laying a beam, Empire State Building, New York, c 1931.
A photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), showing members of a derrick gang fixing a beam during the construction of the Empire State Building, with the streets of New York far below them, circa 1931. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)
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Date created:
01 January, 1931
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