[Worker on cable, Empire State Building construction]

[Worker on cable, Empire State Building construction]

Photograph

Lewis W. Hine

Maker
American, 1874–1940

[Worker on cable, Empire State Building construction]

1930–1931
Gelatin silver print
Image: 4 3/4 × 3 11/16 in. (12 × 9.3 cm)
Paper: 4 15/16 × 4 in. (12.6 × 10.1 cm)
Gift of the Photo League Lewis Hine Memorial Committee
Inscriptions Stamped in black on verso, TC: LEWIS W. HINE \ INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY \ HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
Inscribed in pencil on verso, C: Icarus atop Empire State Bldg. \ The highest point yet reached \ by a worker on a \ man-made structure \ 610
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