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14 Vintage Photos of Construction Workers who Left Their Dent in the Universe

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A group of construction workers in hats and work clothes pose with mining carts and industrial rail tracks at a dam construction site.
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There’s something wild about how construction workers of earlier eras seemed able to laugh right in the face of gravity-defying dangers. This rings especially true before safety harnesses joined the party. These vintage photos of construction workers who moved in such a state of fearlessness are timelessly impressive.

1. Some construction workers got after it in Alexanderplatz, 1969

Two construction workers stand on scaffolding high above Berlin, with the TV Tower visible in the background.
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2. Does this guy’s hand shake, ever?

A construction worker in a hard hat and gloves stands on top of a tall steel beam high above a city, with skyscrapers and streets visible far below.
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3. Because if you’re not eating lunch atop a skyscraper, is it really living, after all? (1932)

Eleven construction workers sit side by side on a steel beam high above New York City, eating lunch and chatting, with skyscrapers and a hazy skyline visible in the background.
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4. A nice construction site out in Houston, Texas, circa 1960

A construction site with two large cranes, a worker standing outside a small metal office, and a large multi-story building in the background.
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5. Construction workers out in Salem, Oregon, 1912

Construction crew working on a dirt road, with an early model automobile parked on the left and a pile of sacks on the right.
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6. Farming back in 1914 was really its own kind of construction

A man in a suit and hat stands next to a woman in an apron in front of a rustic log cabin.
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7. Construction workers in the Netherlands in 1908

Six construction workers posing in front of a brick building under renovation.
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8. Workers out in New Zealand in the 1930s

A group of men in hats and work clothes posing in front of a large concrete construction site with mine carts on narrow-gauge tracks.
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9. The construction around a holiday tree is no joke

A large group of construction workers in hats stands around a decorated Christmas tree in a dirt lot in front of a church and office buildings.
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10. A shot of the LA City Hall back in 1927

A skyscraper under construction rises above a city street with vintage cars, a streetcar, and surrounding buildings.
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11. Construction at Penn Station, circa 1930s

Workers operate at a construction site with a large crane and a billboard advertising Hudson Essex cars in the background.
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12. Construction at the ole Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, 1937

Construction workers installing wooden stadium seating in a ballpark overlooking a city street.
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13. An off shore platform in the Gulf Coast of Mexico, 1965

An aerial view of an offshore oil platform with multiple structures connected by walkways, including a main facility with large vertical tanks and a supply vessel nearby.
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14. The ole Verrazano Narrows back in the early ’60s

A boy poses in the foreground as if holding up a section of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge under construction.
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