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Eamon de Valera (center), President of Ireland, on top of the original Waldorf Astoria Hotel in 1919. From left to right are Harry Boland, Liam Mellows (leader of the ‘1916 exiles’), Eamon de Valera, Diarmuid Lynch (secretary of the Friends of…

The image from the newsletter "At the Waldorf", shows armed guards standing at attention at the entrance of the meeting place for the "Big Four". Those present were Foreign Ministers of the United States, Great Britain, U.S.S.R., and France. They…

On November 4, 1946, the "Big Four" Allied powers convened in the Towers of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to begin discussing the peace treaties that would come to end World War II.

Per Hellman is photographed shaking hands with "The Velvet Fog", Mel Tormé, who was an American musician, best known as a singer of jazz standards. Tormé is most famous for composing the music for the classic holiday song "The Christmas Song"…

Per Hellman served as the Vice President and Managing Director of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and Towers from 1987-1994. Active in many civic organizations, he was chairman of the board of the New York State Hotel and Motel Association in 1986 and…