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Chef001.jpg
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…

Accounting machine013.jpg
This image is from the publication "Behind the Scenes at the Waldorf-Astoria" and shows "Metal Mike" using the accounting machine to account for the wine and liquor distributed and used at each bar throughout the hotel.

Banquet Sales Office003.jpg
This image shows some members of the Banquet Sales Office team at their annual Christmas Dinner party in 1950.

BH and FW005.jpg
On the left is Barron Hilton, son of Conrad Hilton and chairman of the Hilton Hotels Corporation; on the right is Frank Wangeman, executive Vice President and Manager of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in the 1970s.

F Ready003.jpg
From the publication, "Behind the Scenes at the Waldorf-Astoria", Frank Ready poses for a photo at his desk.

FR OT006.jpg
Frank Ready helps Oscar light the candles of his cake given at a surprise party thrown in honor of his 75th birthday.

Telecommunications004.jpg
The description of this photo reads:
"No more switchboards from floor to ceiling. It's no desk-high consoles and computers in the telephone room with a platoon of men and women at the control keys. Here are the hotel's Director of…

Catering and Banquet007.jpg
From the publication "Behind the Scenes at the Waldorf-Astoria", this photograph shows both the administrative side and physical side to working within the banquet and catering departments in the mid-1930s.
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