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Menu and reservation card for Thanksgiving dinner as offered in the Sert Room on November 24, 1938. Distributed by "Oscar's Office" at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, the verso indicates that this meal cost $5 per person. The same dishes were offered in…

Black and white photograph depicting "President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking at the annual dinner of the conference of Catholic Charities held at the Waldorf-Astoria, October 4th/33. The four personages seated behind the President are acting Mayor…

Black and white photograph depicting President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover being escorted from the Park Avenue entrance by hotel manager Lucius Boomer, February 13, 1933.

Black and white photograph depicting the "Scene in front of the Waldorf-Astoria Monday morning, May 11th at 7 a.m., just before the take-off of the coach 'Valiant' on an attempt to break the coach-and-four record of 12 hours and 18 minutes from New…

Black and white photograph depicting "the Right Honorable Anthony Eden, former British Foreign Secretary, addressing the National Association of Manufacturers at the Waldorf-Astoria, Dec. 9th, 1938."

Black and white photograph depicting "the Right Hon. Stanley Baldwin, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, who is now the Earl of Bewdley, in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria with Lady Baldwin, August 14, 1939"

Black and white photograph depicting Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway being escorted to the Grand Ballroom by Oscar Tschirky, where they were guests of honor at a state banquet given by the Committee for Norway's Participation in…

Black and white photograph depicting Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark and Iceland being escorted to the Grand Ballroom by Oscar Tschirky, where they were guests of honor at a banquet given under the joint auspices of the…