A Half Century With The Waldorf-Astoria

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Title

A Half Century With The Waldorf-Astoria

Alternative Title

50th Anniversary Celebration

Subject

Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943
Roosevelt, Sara Delano, 1854-1941
Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959

Description

Black and white photograph. Press slip on the reverse reads: "32. Financier J.P. Morgan and the late Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, the President's mother, meeting at the dinner given at The Waldorf-Astoria by the English-Speaking Union of the U.S., in honor of Viscount Halifax, British Ambassador to the United Sates, April 15, 1941."

This photograph seems to have been compiled with other photographs in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Waldorf-Astoria which would have been in March 1943.

Date

1941-04-15

Relation

Photographs | Biographical | Guests / Entertainers

Format

image | tiff

Extent

8x10

Medium

black-and-white photographs

Type

StillImage

Identifier

06.06.058

Coverage

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present

Temporal Coverage

1940 - 1949

Original Format

black-and-white photographs

Physical Dimensions

8x10

Collection

Citation

“A Half Century With The Waldorf-Astoria,” Host to the World, accessed April 29, 2024, https://waldorfnewyorkcity.com/archive/items/show/623.