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Hazel Davis, Director of Housekeeping at The Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, explained “How to Remove Wax from a Tablecloth” to 3,863,710 readers in the November 2011 issue of Woman’s Day. This housekeeping tip was also posted on the…

The Waldorf=Astoria was featured as a favorite of extended-stay hotel guests in The Wall Street Journal article “When Home Is Where The Hotel Is”. The Wall Street Journal, which had a then-circulation of 2,117,796, addressed both the…

Black and white photograph depicting the Grand Ballroom during a citywide blackout on November 9, 1965. The Waldorf=Astoria continued to serve dinner by candlelight.

Black and white photograph depicting Eugene Scanlan, Gene Shalit, and Towers staff preparing to host The Today Show in the Presidential Suite in 1978. Mr. Shalit shared a "State Dinner" with NBC officials before spending the night in the legendary…

Black and white photograph depicting the 24' 6" x 30' 0" living room of the Presidential Suite, the largest room in the largest suite in the Waldorf Towers, circa 1962.

Black and white photograph depicting the 25'-6" x 15'-0" State Dining Room in the Presidential Suite on the 35th floor of the Waldorf Towers, circa 1962.

Black and white photograph depicting the living room of the Presidential Suite circa 1962. Toward the right is John F. Kennedy's rocking chair, now a permanent part of the Suite. As part of the 1978 redecoration, a brass plaque was added to identify…

Black and white photograph depicting the Presidential Suite State Dining Room in 1969. This room featured all original Waldorf period furniture finished in mahogany as well as an early 19th Century chandelier and persimmon velvet draperies like those…