Who Is Last Man On Girder?
DENISE BUFFA
June Bjorndahl White has woven the iconic image of 11 ironworkers sitting high on a girder above New York City into the fabric of her life. A framed black-and-white poster of the photo hangs prominently in the living room of her home. Near it is a picture of her father 20 years later, his face bearing a striking resemblance to the ironworker to the right of his comrades, whiskey bottle in hand.
White clings to the belief that the last man on the girder is John Paul Nathaniel Bjorndahl, the father she barely knew. It's a position that she holds even as claims to the contrary continue to emerge.
White, 81, of New Hartford, said family lore has it that her father is the worker seated all the way to the right of the photo, commonly called, "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper." She recalled her older brother always telling her he wished he had a copy of the photo of their dad on the girder with the other guys, but she never understood exactly what he meant until years later.
Spying a copy of the photo in a local restaurant, White said she examined it closely and came to suspect that her father was the man brazenly holding a whiskey bottle during Prohibition.
"My gut is that it is him," she said.
"She said, 'Is that because he drank and smoke?'" White recalls her daughter saying. "I said, 'They all did that."
Damn second link wonāt work. At any rate apparently why yes yes they were drinking alcoholā¦
If you want to read the article just search hartford currant who is the last man on girder.
Brazenly drinking bootleg whiskey while at work on a dangerous job during Prohibition.
I love New York!
(If you inspect the huge version of the image that I posted above, it appears to me that the bottle is empty - maybe it was just a prop, but I kinda suspect that it was consumed ).
Thanks for the high res-picture @anon3337769. First time I hit a webp file and none of my KDE apps seem to be able to deal with it? Does anyone know what package/library I might be missing?
Cli, (cwebp) worksā¦
@Tomz
Bit late a reply ,
nothing missing just a new different format , I do know Gimp will open webp files then can export as a PNG file so other apps can use image.
ps if saving to jpg save at 100% yeah wastes harddrive space but gives good quality , no loss .
Sorry for the late reply. When I worked for a German-owned bus manufacturer (NeoPlan) in Lamar, Colorado, I learned thereās a special holiday for high-steel workers. I enjoyed working for them very much. Their craftmanship is beyond reproach.
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