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Black and white photograph depicting Jimmy Carter, Terence Cardinal Cooke and Ronald Reagan at the 1980 Alfred E. Smith Dinner, Grand Ballroom, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel.

On January 17, 1953 (61 years ago), the Chevrolet Corvette made its grand debut at the General Motors Motorama hosted in our Grand Ballroom.

Black and white photograph depicting the Circus Ball held in the Grand Ballroom from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

Black and white photograph depicting the Duke and Duchess of Windsor attending the April in Paris Ball in the Grand Ballroom, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, April 10, 1959.

Black and white photograph depicting the Grand Ballroom decorated for a wedding from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

The New York City show opened on January 20, 1949 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and ran for eight days closing on January 27, 1949. More than 300,000 people visited it during its run at the Waldorf and were treated to elaborate displays of 32…