[Two men on hoisting ball, Empire State Building]

[Two men on hoisting ball, Empire State Building]

Photograph

Lewis W. Hine

Maker
American, 1874–1940

[Two men on hoisting ball, Empire State Building]

1930–1931
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in. (24.2 × 19.2 cm)
Paper: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.3 × 20.2 cm)
Gift of the Photo League Lewis Hine Memorial Committee
Inscriptions Inscribed on pencil on verso, TLC: 1E
Stamped in black on verso, TC: LEWIS W. HINE \ INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY \ HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
Inscribed in black ink on verso, TC: "Like spiders they spin a \ fabric of steel across the sky."
Inscribed in pencil on verso, C: "Frenchy," our modern Tarzan, \ and his buddy take a ride on the ball.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, B: 1E 82
Inscribed in red crayon on verso, BLC: E48 [circled]
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