2013 First-Class Forever Stamp,Made in America: Man on Hoisting Ball by the Empire State Building
# 4801d - 2013 First-Class Forever Stamp - Made in America: Man on Hoisting Ball by the Empire State Building
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US #4801d
2013 Man on Hoisting Ball – Made in America
- One of 12 stamps celebrating the industrial workers who brought America into a new age
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Made in America
Value: 46¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: August 8, 2013
First Day City: Washington, D.C.
Quantity Issued: 2,500,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Panes of 12
Why the stamp was issued: To honor construction workers and their impact on industry.
About the stamp design: Pictures a black and white vintage photograph by Lewis Hines of a man on a hoisting ball.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Frances Perkins Building, part of the Department of Labor in Washington, DC.
About the Made in America set: Includes 12 different stamp designs picturing black and white vintage photographs of male and female industrial workers. Eleven were taken by photographer Lewis Hine, with the twelfth by Margaret Bourke-White. The USPS said “Stamps are like a miniature American portrait gallery. They are an expression of our values and a connection to our past. That’s why it’s so fitting that this series depicts Americans at work. These iconic images tell a powerful story about American economic strength and prosperity. These men and women and millions like them really did build a nation.”
History the stamp represents: Most of the men who helped construct the Empire State Building left no individual record of the work they did. Because of photographer Lewis Hine, a small part of Victor Gosselin’s life was preserved for future generations.
Known as “Frenchy” on the work site because he was from Montreal, Gosselin was one of 3,400 workers. As a “connector” he guided the steel beams, suspended from the cranes, to their spot in the building’s frame.
In Hine’s picture, Frenchy is riding a hoisting ball, enjoying the photographer’s attention and unconcerned with the danger. Though there were elevators up to the floors he was working on, he preferred to take the scenic route.
One day during lunch break, a journalist caught up with Gosselin and asked him about the work he did 1,000 feet above the street. The ironworker replied, “Everybody seems to think you have to be a superman or something to work on steel. Of course it ain’t no picnic, but then there’s lots of jobs I’d pass up for this.” In his mind, a more dangerous job was driving taxis in the city streets below him.
Though Frenchy was one of the few workers captured on film, he represents the thousands who helped build America, one steel girder at a time.
US #4801d
2013 Man on Hoisting Ball – Made in America
- One of 12 stamps celebrating the industrial workers who brought America into a new age
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Made in America
Value: 46¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: August 8, 2013
First Day City: Washington, D.C.
Quantity Issued: 2,500,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Panes of 12
Why the stamp was issued: To honor construction workers and their impact on industry.
About the stamp design: Pictures a black and white vintage photograph by Lewis Hines of a man on a hoisting ball.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Frances Perkins Building, part of the Department of Labor in Washington, DC.
About the Made in America set: Includes 12 different stamp designs picturing black and white vintage photographs of male and female industrial workers. Eleven were taken by photographer Lewis Hine, with the twelfth by Margaret Bourke-White. The USPS said “Stamps are like a miniature American portrait gallery. They are an expression of our values and a connection to our past. That’s why it’s so fitting that this series depicts Americans at work. These iconic images tell a powerful story about American economic strength and prosperity. These men and women and millions like them really did build a nation.”
History the stamp represents: Most of the men who helped construct the Empire State Building left no individual record of the work they did. Because of photographer Lewis Hine, a small part of Victor Gosselin’s life was preserved for future generations.
Known as “Frenchy” on the work site because he was from Montreal, Gosselin was one of 3,400 workers. As a “connector” he guided the steel beams, suspended from the cranes, to their spot in the building’s frame.
In Hine’s picture, Frenchy is riding a hoisting ball, enjoying the photographer’s attention and unconcerned with the danger. Though there were elevators up to the floors he was working on, he preferred to take the scenic route.
One day during lunch break, a journalist caught up with Gosselin and asked him about the work he did 1,000 feet above the street. The ironworker replied, “Everybody seems to think you have to be a superman or something to work on steel. Of course it ain’t no picnic, but then there’s lots of jobs I’d pass up for this.” In his mind, a more dangerous job was driving taxis in the city streets below him.
Though Frenchy was one of the few workers captured on film, he represents the thousands who helped build America, one steel girder at a time.