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Color photograph depicting the dessert spread at the weekly Sunday Brunch held in Peacock Alley.

Black and white photograph depiting the entrance to Peacock Alley, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.

Black and white photograph depicting diners at the Peacock Alley restaurant, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, c. 1970s.

The Waldorf=Astoria’s Peacock Alley was identified as one of The New York Times’ “Hotel Restaurant Menus That Don’t Grow Stale”. Veal Oscar and Waldorf Salad were highlighted as classics in this “In Transit”…

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,…

Black and white photograph depicting Peacock Alley from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

"Peacock Alley of the new hotel has little similarity to the old one, except in name… It is, of course, a meeting place…

A black and white photograph depicting the Peacock Lounge and Peacock Alley Cafes of the Waldorf Astoria.

Silver nut dish, 1957, taken from Peacock Alley. Inscribed on bottom: INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO, THE WALDORF ASTORIA, 1957, 05038.

Donated through the Amnesty Program by Patricia Smith in 2012