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Pen and ink drawing self-portrait and holiday greetings by Rene Black. To the left, the writing reads:
"Cuisine c'est un art
Service le luxe
May it for ever be the everlasting richness and the meanings of good cuisine, poured wine and the…

Black and white photograph depicting The Queen Mother at the reception in her honor held in the Grand Ballroom, November 3, 1954.

Black and white photograph depicting The Queen Mother just before entering the Grand Ballroom for the reception in her honor, November 3, 1954.

Black and white photograph depicting Conrad Hilton with his longtime administrative assistant Olive Wakeman and Francis Cardinal Spellman at Cardinal Spellman's Christmas party in 1954. Conrad Hilton was born on Christmas Day in 1887.

Black and white autographed photograph portrait of Frank A. Ready, given to Oscar with an inscription reading: "To Oscar - With memories of years of pleasant association. F. A. Ready".

Black and white photographic representation of a pencil sketch of the Park Avenue Waldorf=Astoria Hotel done by architect Greville Rickard, c. 1940.

Black and white photograph depicting one of the restored murals by Louis Rigal in the Park Avenue lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Color photograph depicting one of the thirteen allegorical murals done by Louis Rigal in 1935. The murals are located along the ceiling in the Park Avenue Foyer.