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#1 Posted : 07 March 2008 09:02:00(UTC)
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Posted By naomi Morning all Has any one got the picture of the workers sitting on a bridge?? I have it some where but can't find it. Thank you in advance Naomi
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#2 Posted : 07 March 2008 10:01:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jane Blunt Reading your post I am unsure of what you are asking for, and wonder if it is one of the pictures of the erection of the Empire State Building - try Google image using the phrase 'empire state building workers' The picture that your posting conjours up is the row of men sitting on a girder having their lunch. Jane
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#3 Posted : 07 March 2008 10:09:00(UTC)
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Posted By CFT Here is a link from 2005 that may help. http://www.iosh.co.uk/in...iew&forum=1&thread=12175 CFT
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#4 Posted : 07 March 2008 11:12:00(UTC)
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Posted By Mitch Naomi, Images.google.com type bridge workers - frightening!! Mitch
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#5 Posted : 07 March 2008 11:14:00(UTC)
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Posted By Dave Merchant See also the NYPL collection here:- http://www.nypl.org/rese...hinex/empire/empire.html (note the images above, and the one you're looking for are all copyrighted) The DIAP archives at http://www.columbia.edu/.../empire/empire-marc.html has a larger collection but no thumbnails.
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#6 Posted : 07 March 2008 11:33:00(UTC)
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Posted By naomi Thank you to all who have replied to my request. Especially Geoff. Regards Naomi
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#7 Posted : 08 March 2008 13:04:00(UTC)
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Posted By patrick carr Hi Naomi I used those pictures, included in my powerpoint presentation, for a "A construction workers guide to working at height", I googled them. info on the construction of the Empire state building. built ahead of schedule,1yr 45 days. 7 million man-hours. 3,400 workers at peak time. rumours of 100s of fatalities. official records 5 fatalities. 1 worker hit by a truck, 1 fell down a elevator shaft, 1 fell down a hoist tower, 1 killed in the blasting area and 1 worker fell off the scaffolding.
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#8 Posted : 08 March 2008 13:16:00(UTC)
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Posted By Gilly Margrave There's a really nice video at http://dl.filmaust.com.au/module/874/ so long as you're not scared of heights :)
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#9 Posted : 08 March 2008 13:53:00(UTC)
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Posted By Andrew Lochlyn Ure The photographer's name was Lewis Wickes Hine. There's some fascinating pictures here - http://www.nypl.org/rese...hinex/empire/empire.html Type 'lewis hine rockefeller picture' into Google and the one you specifically want will come up at the top of the page. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't the Empire State but the Rockefeller Centre. Some of his pictures of child labourers are particularly haunting.
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