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Pictured in front of the full-scale model of Apollo 7 from left-to-right is Conrad Hilton, John Glenn, Dr. Wernher von Braun, and Barron Hilton. This display was located on the lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. The 19th Congress of the…

This photo was taken at the opening of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1931. Seated from left to right is Henry Firestone (tires), Julius Rosenwald (Sears), Thomas Edison (electricity), Sir Thomas Lipton (tea), Charles Schwab (US Steel), Henry Ford…

This is a photograph of the original Goldsmith Clock which was featured at the World's Colombian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. This clock was a gift from Queen Victoria as a way to show the friendship between England and the United States.

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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…

Black and white photograph depicting the Main Lobby before the installation of the famous clock from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith. "...the chairs are in yellow and green leathers; the floor is covered by one…

Black and white photograph depicting the Main Lobby of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, c. 1970s.

Black and white photograph depicting the Main Lobby of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, c 1970s.

Black and white photograph depicting performers celebrating Carnivale in the Main Lobby of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.