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Headwaiter, Vidal Echeverria, is shown here with his crew of waiters at the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1922.

The postcard reads:

"Last night at 10:30 we fairly pulled ourselves away from this wonderful concert to catch our 11:30 train - This hotel is wonderful and New York is thrilling & engrossing - Hated to come away - We are wrecks today but…

Black and white autographed portrait drawing of Commodore Herbert Hartley, given to Oscar Tschirky with an inscription reading: "To my dear friend Oscar, Yours truly, Herbert Hartley, Leviathan, Dec 31 / 24." An emblem of a crown with the initials…

Signed photograph from Philippe Bunau-Varilla to Oscar Tschirky, reading: "To Oscar, the great manager of the greatest and best hotel in the world, the Waldorf Astoria, where in room 1162 were laid the foundations of the Republic of Panama in October…

Reproduction of signed photograph of Oscar Tschirky taken in 1893.

Black and white photograph depicting a portrait of George C. Boldt, who opened the Waldorf in March 1893, the Astoria in 1897, and operated the original Waldorf=Astoria until his death on December 5th, 1916. This portrait was painted by Boris…

Black and white photograph of President William Howard Taft inscribed to Oscar Tschirky, the famed Maitre d'Hotel of the Waldorf=Astoria, February 24, 1913.

Black and white photograph depicting the Waldorf Hotel, 1893.

"This photograph of the original Waldorf was made in the spring of 1893, a few weeks after the hotel opened its doors to the public. The picture was taken from the middle block on 33rd…