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**jumbleview** · 12-06-2022, 07:37 PM - **9 Likes**

Obviously, I saw this famous photo but knew nothing about photographer. I found it interesting.

https://www.historyinmemes.com/2022/12/05/charles-c-ebetts/

**nixxo2002** · 12-06-2022, 07:50 PM - **2 Likes**

second picture , the way he hold the camera and pose - unbelievable !!!!!

**AggieDad** · 12-06-2022, 08:36 PM - **5 Likes**

It seems that construction workers become very comfortable with heights. They seem to just go about life as usual with little thought for height at which they are working.

Below is a picture of my dad (light shirt) and another fellow in 1924 or 1925 atop the Ben Franklin bridge in Philadelphia. They are just 60 feet above the Delaware River — not nearly as far up in the lunch crew in the famous photo. But whether you fall 60 or 600 feet, you are still dead. Dad is 19 or 20 years old in the photo and an apprentice electrician. The original photo is about 2.5" x 3.5".

**nixxo2002** · 12-06-2022, 08:41 PM

Originally posted by AggieDad

It seems that construction workers become very comfortable with heights. They seem to just go about life as usual with little thought for height at which they are working.

Below is a picture of my dad (light shirt) and another fellow in 1924 or 1925 atop the Ben Franklin bridge in Philadelphia. They are just 60 feet above the Delaware River — not nearly as far up in the lunch crew in the famous photo. But whether you fall 60 or 600 feet, you are still dead. Dad is 19 or 20 years old in the photo and an apprentice electrician. The original photo is about 2.5" x 3.5".

amazing !!

MarkJerling · 12-06-2022, 08:52 PM

Originally posted by jumbleview

Obviously, I saw this famous photo but knew nothing about photographer. I found it interesting.

https://www.historyinmemes.com/2022/12/05/charles-c-ebetts/

All before the Health and Safety brigade. Those were the days!
Look at those shoes up on that beam!

**K-Three** · 12-06-2022, 09:48 PM

Annoys me that they put the "Instagram" crop on it, a couple guys and a significant part of the beam are missing
There is a lot more to that image than shown in this telling, Look it up on Wikipedia,

**StiffLegged** · 12-07-2022, 12:04 AM

Originally posted by AggieDad

It seems that construction workers become very comfortable with heights. They seem to just go about life as usual with little thought for height at which they are working.

I’ve done my share and no, you don’t give little thought to the height, you get used to it and rationalise it. But you never forget it or you’re dead.

MarkJerling · 12-07-2022, 02:17 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by jumbleview

Obviously, I saw this famous photo but knew nothing about photographer. I found it interesting.

https://www.historyinmemes.com/2022/12/05/charles-c-ebetts/

I just found a great little video about it.

You Tube

Lord Lucan · 12-07-2022, 12:24 PM

Originally posted by nixxo2002

second picture , the way he hold the camera and pose - unbelievable !!!!!

It is even more scary than the first one

A slight slip of those very slippery-looking shoes ... It reminds me of a rule I have always kept to : never to move my feet while looking through the viewfinder.

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nixxo2002 Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 824	second picture , the way he hold the camera and pose - unbelievable !!!!!

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AggieDad Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Houston, TX Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,457	It seems that construction workers become very comfortable with heights. They seem to just go about life as usual with little thought for height at which they are working. Below is a picture of my dad (light shirt) and another fellow in 1924 or 1925 atop the Ben Franklin bridge in Philadelphia. They are just 60 feet above the Delaware River — not nearly as far up in the lunch crew in the famous photo. But whether you fall 60 or 600 feet, you are still dead. Dad is 19 or 20 years old in the photo and an apprentice electrician. The original photo is about 2.5" x 3.5".

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nixxo2002 Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 824	Originally posted by AggieDad It seems that construction workers become very comfortable with heights. They seem to just go about life as usual with little thought for height at which they are working. Below is a picture of my dad (light shirt) and another fellow in 1924 or 1925 atop the Ben Franklin bridge in Philadelphia. They are just 60 feet above the Delaware River — not nearly as far up in the lunch crew in the famous photo. But whether you fall 60 or 600 feet, you are still dead. Dad is 19 or 20 years old in the photo and an apprentice electrician. The original photo is about 2.5" x 3.5". amazing !!

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MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,423	Originally posted by jumbleview Obviously, I saw this famous photo but knew nothing about photographer. I found it interesting. https://www.historyinmemes.com/2022/12/05/charles-c-ebetts/ All before the Health and Safety brigade. Those were the days! Look at those shoes up on that beam!

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K-Three Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2014 Location: Pugetopolis, WA Photos: Gallery Posts: 938	Annoys me that they put the "Instagram" crop on it, a couple guys and a significant part of the beam are missing There is a lot more to that image than shown in this telling, Look it up on Wikipedia,

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StiffLegged Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2018 Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,636	Originally posted by AggieDad It seems that construction workers become very comfortable with heights. They seem to just go about life as usual with little thought for height at which they are working. I’ve done my share and no, you don’t give little thought to the height, you get used to it and rationalise it. But you never forget it or you’re dead.

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Lord Lucan Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: South Wales Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,978	Originally posted by nixxo2002 second picture , the way he hold the camera and pose - unbelievable !!!!! It is even more scary than the first one A slight slip of those very slippery-looking shoes ... It reminds me of a rule I have always kept to : never to move my feet while looking through the viewfinder.

The Story Of The Man Behind The 1932 Photograph, “Lunch Atop A Skyscraper.”

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