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Tea Pot.jpg
Teapot with pink ceramic body and silver frame and lid. In good condition, silver is heavily tarnished. Bottom is marked: LENOX
MADE IN U.S.A. Inside of lid is etched: THE WALDORF-ASTORIA, 1931, INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO., SILVER SOLDERED, 05038A, 1…

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Black and white photograph depicting the Jansen Suite decorated by Maison Jensen of Paris and located on the Fourth Floor of the Waldorf-Astoria from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

Today, the current Jansen…

G McCowns copy.jpg
Black and white autographed photograph portrait of G. McCowns by Kaiden Kazanjian, to Oscar Tschirky, with an inscription reading: "With every best wish, G. McCowns 2/16/38".

luciano_towers.pdf
Article from the New York Times covering Lucky Luciano's 1936 criminal trial. Luciano occupied a suite in the Waldorf Towers from April to October 1935. The Towers became a prominent part of the trial when staff members testified against Luciano in…

luciano_towers_2.pdf
Article from the New York Times covering Lucky Luciano's 1936 criminal trial. Luciano occupied a suite in the Waldorf Towers from April to October 1935. The Towers became a prominent part of the trial when staff members testified against Luciano in…

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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

Rene Black.jpg
Pencil drawing by Rene Black of a cozy fireplace scene, given to Oscar with the handwritten message: "To Oscar! It is a great pleasure to present greetings of Christmas to a man like you and doubly interesting on account of what you have done in your…

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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.
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