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In this image are the plasterers of the original Waldorf Astoria Hotel, all of whom originated from Dundee, Scotland. This photograph is undated.

This correspondence from 1964 describes the origins of the Martini. According to this evidence, a man by the name of Mr. Martinez visited the original Waldorf Astoria Hotel sometime in the 1890s and suggested this drink to a bartender at the hotel.…