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The Daily News featured the return of Joan and Isidore Schwartz to The Waldorf=Astoria for their 60th wedding anniversary. The Hotel hosted the celebratory couple for the second time at the very rate paid on March 2, 1952 (a reproduction of the bill…

The Waldorf=Astoria’s Presidential Suite was explored by “Urban Gardner” Ralph Gardner in The Wall Street Journal (which had a circulation of 2,096,169 in February 2012). This article featured quotes by Jim Blauvelt and highlighted…

Black and white photograph depicting Adlai Stevenson arriving on the Waldorf Astoria's private train platform, February 1953. The railway is connected to Grand Central Terminal, but is no longer in use due to security issues. Access to this track is…

Black and white photograph depicting the salon of an English Suite, Waldorf Towers, 1966.

Black and white photograph depicting reporters at work in the press room set up during Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, October 1, 1959.

Black and white photograph depicting Congresswoman and activist Bella Abzug speaking at an event at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel. A life-long New Yorker and a prominent New York politician, Abzug attended many important political events at the Waldorf.

Color photograph depicting a surprise birthday party thrown for the First Lady, Betty Ford, April 8, 1976.

Black and white photograph depicting Bill Lombardo, nephew of Guy Lombardo, performing in the Grand Ballroom. Bill Lombardo took part in New Year's Eve events for the first three years following his uncle's death in 1977, which included hosting the…