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Black and white photograph depicting the Jade Room from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith. The room is so named for its beautiful jade green walls with carvings and ornaments in gold. The pilasters and columns at…

Black and white photograph depicting Post Master General James A. Farley greeting Richard M. Nixon and Ambassador Feridun Erkin at the Alfred E. Smith Dinner, The Jade Room, 1956.

Black and white photograph depicting Oscar of the Waldorf helping eight-year-old Marjorie Hunt bake a cake for the First Lady. On March 1, 1934, the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel hosted a reception and tea celebrating the 22nd birthday of the Camp Fire…

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.

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…

This press release announces the plans for "public functions and private entertaining at the new Waldorf-Astoria hotel." This press release mentions the Grand Ballroom, the Astor Gallery, the Jade Ballroom and its Foyer, the Starlight Roof, and many…