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Color lithographic print of E.E. Anthony's rendering of the Lounge Restaurant at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, 1939.

The caption at the bottom of this photo reads in French:
"La Brigade Des Cuisines Du Nouveau Waldorf-Astoria New York. Janvier 1932"

This translates to "The Kitchen Brigade of the New Waldorf Astoria New York, January 1932"

The parade of waiters in this image are lined up in the service kitchen for the meals they had to deliver to over 1100 guests at the Tribute Banquet for Oscar of the Waldorf in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria hotel.

Black and white photograph depicting prominent author Benjamin DeCasseres just before taking the first legal drink at the Waldorf=Astoria on Park Avenue in 1933. By arrangement of United Press, Mr. DeCasseres waited in one of the Hotel's private…

Black and white photograph depicting Fred J. Eisler (left), broker and former old Waldorf executive, about to take the first drink served in the Lounge Café. Also shown (left to right) are Royal E. Peterson, John D.C. Haag, and Oscar of the Waldorf.…

Color lithographic print of E.E. Anthony's rendering of the Empire Room at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, 1939.

The Doormen and Bellhops of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel pose for a group photo in the Park Avenue lobby in 1932.

The Basildon Room, located on the fourth floor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, is a reconstruction of the dining room of the Basildon Park Manor in Berkshire. The ceiling paintings, the cornices and the mantelpiece were removed intact from Berkshire…