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Lucius Boomer, former president of the Hotel Waldorf Astoria Corporation, presented a White House publication on how to properly fly, present, and handle the United States Flag to all Waldorf Astoria team members in the early 1940s just as the United…

On November 4, 1946, the Foreign Ministers of the “Big Four” Allied powers convened in the Towers of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to discuss the final peace conditions of World War II. Below is a news clip discussing this international…

The image from the newsletter "At the Waldorf", shows armed guards standing at attention at the entrance of the meeting place for the "Big Four". Those present were Foreign Ministers of the United States, Great Britain, U.S.S.R., and France. They…

Black and white photograph. Press slip on the reverse reads: "June 14th, 1934. Life-size portrait of the late General Coleman du Pont, which now hangs in the South Lounge of the famous Peacock Alley of The Waldorf-Astoria, in commemoration of his…

Black and white photograph of Oscar Tschirky with Lucius Boomer and Dr. Walter Damrosch on the night of Oscar's Golden Jubilee Dinner, March 15 1943 with inscription.

Black and white autographed photograph portrait of Lucius Boomer, to Oscar Tschirky with an inscription reading: "With best wishes, To "Oscar of the Waldorf" Lucius Boomer 10/23/31".

Black and white photograph depicting President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover being escorted from the Park Avenue entrance by hotel manager Lucius Boomer, February 13, 1933.

Black and white photograph depicting the first steel rivet being driven into the steel structure of the Park Aenue Waldorf-Astoria on March 24, 1930. Pictured from Left to Right: Oscar Tschirky, Maitre de Hotel; Lucius Boomer, President; Charles…