Up In The Air -- Carol G. Warren, a rigger and one of the sixty men painting the George Washington Bridge linking New York City and New Jersey, clings tightly to handrails as he walks up one of the cables of the bridge, July 26. Facing a drop of 260 to 600 feet if they slip, the painters are expected to take four years at their task. Postponed during the war because of paint shortages, the job will cost $400,000. August 26, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).