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These are the rates of rooms and suites in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in 1931. Frank Ready was the General Manager.

Banquet waiters are shown carrying dessert out to the guests of the evening. The dinner given was in honor of Francois Latry, Knight of the Legion of Honor, of the Savoy of London. This dinner was held in the Sert Room on September 20, 1938.

Black and white photograph depicting President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover being escorted from the Park Avenue entrance by hotel manager Lucius Boomer, February 13, 1933.

Black and white photograph depicting "President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking at the annual dinner of the conference of Catholic Charities held at the Waldorf-Astoria, October 4th/33. The four personages seated behind the President are acting Mayor…

Black and white photograph depicting Oscar Tschirky enjoying his first glass of beer at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel following the end of Prohibition, c. December 1933.

Black and white photograph depicting Oscar Tschirky opening the first bottle of alcohol at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel following the end of Prohibition in the United States, c. December 1933.

Black and white photograph depicting John “Curly” O’Connor (veteran bar keeper, head barman of the Waldorf, and opener of the original bar in the Old Waldorf in 1893) serving the first drink at the opening ceremonies of the new Waldorf Bar for…

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…