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Black and white photograph depicting the salon of an English Suite, Waldorf Towers, 1966.

From the publication "Behind the Scenes at the Waldorf-Astoria", apprentice chefs of the Waldorf-Astoria Kitchen get hands-on experience working with world-renown Chefs.

Description of the Old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Fifth Avenue from the 1903 promotional publication assembled by George C. Boldt, then manager and proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria.

Obtained from his auto-biography "Peeking Behind the Wallpaper", this photograph shows Arno Schmidt as a young man in the early days of his career as a Chef in Europe.

The following images were featured in the Waldorf Astoria Magazine from 1971 and show Arno Schmidt with various team members who had all received awards at the National Hotel & Motel Exposition.

The rise of female chefs gained much popularity in the 1970s and Arno Schmidt helped to pave the way for female culinary artists here at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. In this photo are the first female chefs hired under Arno Schmidt's tenure as…