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Bear in mind that the incident was only a little more than a decade after this photo was taken: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper https://

Bear in mind that the incident was only a little more than a decade after this photo was taken: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper "Workplace safety" is a comparatively modern invention.

toyg 3y ago
That picture was a publicity stunt. Workplace safety back then was bad (as reported by the number of deaths), but not that bad.
- dcminter 3y ago
  Point taken, but it's still illustrative - could you do that photo now? Without safety harnesses and so forth? In the mid 30s you could.