Switchboard operators of the Empire State Building work under the look of their chief, December 1946 in New York. Designed by the firm of Shreve, Lamb & Harman, the Empire State Building was built in 1930. At 449m/1472 ft high (included a 68m/222 ft high television mast added in 1951) it was the tallest building in the world until 1970.
