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HB Historic Entrance.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting the Park Avenue Entrance of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

parkavenue20110513_001.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting the entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria hotel from across Park Avenue, c. 1950s.

parkavenue20110513_002.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting the entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria hotel facing South East across Park Avenue, c. 1950s.

Political_20110826_007.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting the celebration of the 1945 ticker-tape parade outside the Park Avenue entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 19, 1945.

Political_20110826_023.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting the flags being lowered to half-staff to mourn the death of President John F. Kennedy outside the Park Avenue entrance of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, November 22, 1963.

Five-star General's flag outside of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, 1964
Black and white photograph depicting the five-star General's flag, which was ordered especially for General Douglas MacArthur upon his arrival from Japan in 1951. This flag flew over the Park Avenue entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel and, along…

The flag of Monaco above the Park Avenue entrance, 1956
Black and white photograph depicting the flag of Monaco honoring her Serene Highness Princess Grace and Prince Rainier III on September 14, 1956. The flag of Monaco was first flown outside of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel on the day of the Imperial Ball,…

Hilton_20111227_008.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting the Hilton flag flying alongside the flag of Switzerland above the Park Avenue entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.
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