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French aviators Paul Codos (right) and Maurice Rossi after their aborted attempt at flying from Paris to San Diego on May 28-29, 1934. Due to equipment failure, they landed at Bennett Field, and were escorted to the fourteenth floor of the Waldorf…

Black and white photograph depicting President Ronald W. Reagan at the 97th Annual Convention of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, an event held at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel "...to advance the cause of a free press..." on April 27,…

Black and white photograph depicting Vice President Richard Nixon greeting Post Master General James A. Farley at the annual Alfred E. Smith Dinner, 1956. Also pictured is Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Feridun Cemal Erkin.

Article from the New York Times covering Lucky Luciano's 1936 criminal trial. Luciano occupied a suite in the Waldorf Towers from April to October 1935. The Towers became a prominent part of the trial when staff members testified against Luciano in…

Article from the New York Times covering Lucky Luciano's 1936 criminal trial. Luciano occupied a suite in the Waldorf Towers from April to October 1935. The Towers became a prominent part of the trial when staff members testified against Luciano in…

A program from the Empire Room estimated to be from 1975. The program describes the entertainment for the evening - The Manhattan Transfer - and the menu. The evening's entertainment is set at a fixed price of $33.

A table card for Dinner and Supper Dancing at the Wedgwood Room with details of the entertainment listed as:
Frank Sinatra
Leo Reisman and his Orchestra
Volkoff & Milada of the Ballet Russe
Mischa Borr alternating
Supper Cover from 10.30,…

A table card for Dinner and Supper at the Wedgwood Room with details of the entertainment listed as:

At Supper
Frank Sinatra
Page Cavanaugh Trio

Dinner and Supper
Emil Coleman and his Orchestra
Mischa Borr and his Orchestra alternating at…