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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 photograph depicting the wait staff at Peacock Alley, 1971.

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

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…

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,…

Black and white photograph depicting Conrad N. Hilton (founder and chairman of the board of Hilton Hotels Corporation) and his wife (center) as they are greeted by the executive chef of the Waldorf=Astoria, Arno Schmidt (left). Frank Wangeman…

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…

The Waldorf=Astoria’s appointment of Chef David Garcelon to Director of Culinary was featured in the “On The Move” section of the January/February 2012 issue of Hotel F&B (which had a circulation of 58,858 in February 2012).…