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Hilton_20111227_005.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Conrad Hilton (right) with New Mexico Governor Edwin L. Mechem (left) during a reception for a group of New Mexico businessmen at The Waldorf on May 17, 1962. When a supervisory employee (who had been tending bar…

Staff photo - Hilda de Souza003.jpg
Members of the Executive Committee together for a group photograph in the early 1940s.

Political_20110826_002.jpg
Color photograph of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright with Waldorf=Astoria staff members during one of her visits to the hotel, ca. 2000.

prohibition4.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Oscar Tschirky and the kitchen staff celebrating the end of Prohibition at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, c. December 1933.

Prohibition_201201_007.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Oscar Tschirky putting the finishing touches on his Swiss Chalet in 1938. This model won a special Grand Prize in the three-day-long 3rd Annual Arts and Crafts Exhibition for Waldorf=Astoria employees. Born in…

Hilton_20111227_006.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Waldorf=Astoria employees gathered in a champagne toast in honor of Conrad N. Hilton and the Silver Anniversary of the Waldorf=Astoria as a Hilton Hotel. Staff members worked together to create this giant card,…

Doormen002.jpg
The Doormen and Bellhops of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel pose for a group photo in the Park Avenue lobby in 1932.

2013_PeacockAlley.jpg
A black and white photograph depicting the Peacock Lounge and Peacock Alley Cafes of the Waldorf Astoria.
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