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The Starlight Roof of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel as seen in the late 1940s. Located on the 18th floor of the hotel, the Starlight Roof served as a supper-club for decades featuring performers such as Xavier Cugat and Ella Fitzgerald.

A view of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and the New York City skyline as seen from the East River in 1939.

The Basildon Room, located on the fourth floor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, is a reconstruction of the dining room of the Basildon Park Manor in Berkshire. The ceiling paintings, the cornices and the mantelpiece were removed intact from Berkshire…

These are the rates of rooms and suites in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in 1931. Frank Ready was the General Manager.

Menu from the dinner held in celebration of the Waldorf-Astoria's First Anniversary on Sunday, October 2nd, 1932. the list of guests includes employees of the Waldorf-Astoria, most likely on a managerial level and above, as well as friends of the…

Black and white photograph depicting the celebratory dinner held at the Waldorf-Astoria on its first birthday on October 2nd, 1932. The venue is the Jade Room.

A black and white photograph depicting the Empire Room (previously known as the Wedgwood Room) in its original location as it was from 1931 - 1969. In 1969, the Empire Room moved to what was then the Sert Room and this location was renamed the…