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This file is the fifth installment to the "Notes from a Chef's Diary" series created by Arno Schmidt, Executive Chef of the Waldorf Astoria throughout the 1970s. This series includes a brief dialogue and exclusive Waldorf Astoria recipe for each…

French aviators Paul Codos (right) and Maurice Rossi after their aborted attempt at flying from Paris to San Diego on May 28-29, 1934. Due to equipment failure, they landed at Bennett Field, and were escorted to the fourteenth floor of the Waldorf…

I.M. Pei (R) and his wife Eileen at Asia Society's Annual Dinner at New York's Waldorf Astoria in 2004.

In 1961, Eugene Scanlan was appointed the Executive Chef of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Mr. Scanlan was the first native born American to ever be appointed as the Executive Chef of a major American hotel kitchen; a position that had previously only…

This menu and invitation was created for a private dinner party held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on December 9, 1908. There is no further indication of what was being celebrated at this event.

The Victory Dinner for the 24 Karat Club was hosted at the Waldorf Astoria and some of the jewelry industry's most innovative members were in attendance. This dinner was hosted as a way to celebrate the US victory of WWII.

Hosted in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, this famous luncheon was the moment in which General deGaulle delivered a speech on conflicts in Europe as a result of WWII. He proclaimed "We are not afraid of peace."

Three construction workers are valiantly hoisted atop a steel beam as they give the photographer a wave. The building located behind the three gentleman is The Benjamin Hotel; adjacent to the Benjamin Hotel was the Loew's Theatre, known today as the…