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Sunday 20 March 2011

Iconic “Health and safety “, get stuffed.

Just a couple of pics taken during the building of the Empire State Building.

H&s1

The days when men were men.

Incidentally only five men died on the building project. One of which died from being run down

18 comments:

  1. Not for me! l prob even couldnt do it on hands and knees!

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  2. I'm not afraid of heights per se, but I would definitely draw the line at that!!

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  3. "A time when men were MEN. I squeak

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  4. and men were desperate for work of any kind.

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  5. If I had to go up and down there everyday I'd be run down too. In fact once would probably do it for me.

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  6. That first image was popular as a blown-up art print a few years back.

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  7. Captain Haddock21 March 2011 at 08:35

    I've always wondered about whether those photos were "real" or had been re-touched ..

    Obviously, PS etc weren't around at that time but other "iffy" photos were .. like the one purporting to show Faeries in a garden, along with a child ..(somewhere in UK, can't remember where off hand)..

    If they are genuine, then the blokes concerned had far more "bottle" than I'll ever have ..

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  8. Captain Haddock21 March 2011 at 08:41

    Further to my last ...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_fairies

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  9. I used to parachute jumps when I was younger. The first jumpf from 2,500 feet was terrifying. But at least I had 2 chutes.

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  10. Captain Haddock, the photos are from the construction of the Empire State Building by Lewis Wickes Hine. Those two photos are the most famous but there are other, equally stunning photos from the same collection. :)

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  11. P.S. There is also extensive video footage and a great documentary about it that I'm sure can be found on YouTube :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG5z03iwsEw

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  12. FE, it's a magnificent collection; I never get tired of seeing it :)

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  13. Maybe I'll post some more up. That's if anyone is interested.

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  14. "I used to parachute jump when I was younger."

    You won't catch me disembarking from a perfectly serviceable aeroplane in mid air....

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  15. It wasn't that serviceable. 6 months later, it had an engine failure on take off, and ploughed into a tree.

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  16. Native American Indians were famous for their exploits on the high steel.


    http://tinyurl.com/6d9yke

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  17. A friend used to have a 4ft x 6ft print of that first picture on his wall. I used to feel queasy just looking at that!

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