The Story Behind Lunch Atop A Skyscraper and Other Famous Photographs

Some photographs are so intriguing that you see them over and over your entire life. The one above that became known as Lunch Atop A Skyscraper can give you the willies just looking at it. The picture itself was staged, but the subjects were real steelworkers building a skyscraper in 1932. The building in New York City is now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza. In 1932, the men were lucky to have jobs at all, but their cavalier attitude as to the height they could have fallen from impressed us all.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but the story behind this one doesn't take all that long to read. You'll also find out about that picture of Princess Diana dancing with John Travolta, the Blue Marble, and the iconic image of Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out along with four other unforgettable photos, at Mental Floss.


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