HistoryPornEnglish • 4 months ago

Photographer Charles Ebbets taking pictures atop an unfinished skyscraper, New York, USA, ~1932

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Photographer Charles Ebbets taking pictures atop an unfinished skyscraper, New York, USA, ~1932

HistoryPornEnglish • 4 months ago

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38•4 months ago
So… Who took this picture?
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  32•4 months ago
  Another Charles Ebbets
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  10•4 months ago
  He himself took the picture with two perfectly arranged mirrors
  - @rekorse
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    3•4 months ago
    I can’t tell if this is real or not.

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