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Black and white lithographic image depicting the hotel kitchen from the 1903 promotional publication assembled by George C. Boldt, then manager and proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria.

Lithographs produced from original photographs by B.J. Falk.

This black and white photograph displays the features of the Waldorf-Astoria kitchen in 1937. Here the waiter is at the salad station. You will notice the various stations of the food assembly line that is part of the process of cooking and plating…

This article discusses the history of (the then) modern cooking techniques and the development of the modern chef, who is both in part a scientist as well as an artist. Munsey's Magazine is credited with being the first mass-market magazine that was…

Black and white photograph depicting Oscar Tschirky and the kitchen staff celebrating the end of Prohibition at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, c. December 1933.

Black and white autographed photograph group portrait of Crosby Gaige and Oscar Tschirky, given to Oscar with an inscription: "For my friend {au coutiere (unclear)], Oscar, from Crosby Gaige".

From left to right are Chefs Michael Toohey, Brian Strauss, John Branda, John Doherty, Scott Hagen
and Peter Daledda.

The parade of waiters in this image are lined up in the service kitchen for the meals they had to deliver to over 1100 guests at the Tribute Banquet for Oscar of the Waldorf in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria hotel.

Rare Footage of the Waldorf Astoria Kitchen, Hotel, and Restaurant Workers in 1936.