Building the Empire State Building, circa 1930, Lewis Hine
How many people died while building the Empire State Building?
Though rumors of hundreds of people dying on the work site circulated during the time of its construction, official records state that only five workers were killed: one worker was struck by a truck; a second fell down an elevator shaft; a third was hit by a hoist; a fourth was in a blast area; and a fifth fell off a scaffold. [via]
Check out the rest of the pictures via the link below. There's something nostalgic about dawn of the 20th century, which is odd, since I've only experienced it through movies. However, look how nicely everyone's dressed, albeit I can easily forgo rocking a molesterstache. Not to mention it would get pretty old listening to everybody talk like they're a fucking radio announcer.
Anybody privy as to why voices sounded so much different back then?
More images here: http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5010
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