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Silver coffee pot with wooden handle. Unusual handle used to facilitate pouring coffee on guest tables. Bottom stamped:

REED & BARTON
SILVER SOLDERED
3616
W-A

Donated through the Amnesty Program by Judy Lifton Schreiber in 2012

Black and white lithographic image depicting coffee urns from the 1903 promotional publication assembled by George C. Boldt, then manager and proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria.

Lithographs produced from original photographs by B.J. Falk.

Elsa Maxwell, who hosted lavish parties throughout the 1930s, 1940s, and the 1950s, stands hand in hand with her friend and guest of honor, Cole Porter. This event was given in honor of Cole Porter's 63rd birthday.

Collection of cutlery, undated. (For steel/copper pan, see item 553.)

Items include:

4 x Shrimp Forks. Marked I.S. CO. 31. WALDORF ASTORIA.
5 x Table Forks. Marked INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO. WALDORF ASTORIA.
4 x Salad Forks. Marked…

Black and white photograph depicting (from left to right) Conrad N. Hilton, chairman of the board of Hilton Hotels Corporation, former astronaut John Glenn, Dr. Wernher von Braun, director of the Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville, Alabama,…

Black and white photographic portrait of Conrad Hilton, President of The Waldorf=Astoria and Hilton Hotels International, taken by Fabian Bachrach, date unknown.

The Park Avenue chandelier was installed on Tuesday, February 6th, 1962 as was designed by Joe Travisano upon request by Greene Brothers, Inc., New York City. This chandelier was 10 feet long and 10 feet wide and featured 104 electric candles. It…

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…