Lewis Wickes Hine.
1930's. Copyright
Sol Libsohn 1996.
[91H062.108]

(A worker
hanging on to
two steel beams)
[91PH056.063]

(A worker at the
edge of a platform,
looking north)
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(Three workers
securing a rivet) [91PH056.065]

(Cranes hoisting machinery) [91PH055.066]

(Cranes hoisting steel) [91PH056067]

(Unloading steel from a truck) [91PH056.068]

(Plumbing up a column)
[91PH056.069]

(Hoisting a large beam. 1930's.) [91PH056.071]

(Workers guiding hoisting cable.:1930's.) [91PH056.072]

(Worker signaling below, view looking north east) [91PH056.073]

(Worker posing for the camera) [91PH056.074]

(Worker torch- cutting steel) [91PH056.075]

(Connecting the beams) [91PH056.076]

(Bringing up steel with a crane) [91PH056.077]

(Icarus, high up on Empire State) [91PH056.078]

(Interior view of a floor, workers having lunch) [91PH056.079]

(Worker pulling on a rope) [91PH056.080]

(Worker screwing a bolt into a beam) [91PH056.081]

(Workers guiding hoisting cable) [91PH056.082]

(Two workers securing a rivet) [91PH056.083]

(Two workers inspecting steel) [91PH056.084]

(Worker holding a bucket) [91PH056/085]

(Worker bolting a steel support) [91PH056.086]

(Crew attaching rivets) [91PH056.087]

(Two workers repairing machinery) [91PH056.088]

(View of the building rising to about sixteen stories) [91PH056.090]