A handmade ladder leaned against an elevated work platform. The platform supported brick workers who applied a brick surface to a new building. The workers were elsewhere eating lunch.

A modest step ladder leaned against a planter near the entrance to a hotel. The worker was absent due to the lunch hour.

A step ladder set up on the sidewalk supported a worker either repairing or installing a grate over a street facing window. The worker stood one foot on the ladder and the other foot on the window's ledge.