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Menu for the 28th Annual Awards Dinner of The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame held in the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel on December 3, 1985.

On the menu:
Pate Maison, Sauce Cumberland
Medallions of Chicken, Sauce…

Black and white photograph depicting Bill Lombardo, nephew of Guy Lombardo, performing in the Grand Ballroom. Bill Lombardo took part in New Year's Eve events for the first three years following his uncle's death in 1977, which included hosting the…

Black and white photograph depicting the famous Waldorf=Astoria Gingerbread House in 1986. Created by the Waldorf’s pastry chef, this Christmas attraction was three feet high, four feet wide, made of more than 200 pounds of gingerbread cookies, and…

Black and white photograph depicting the General’s widow, Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, and General Manager Joseph Rantisi in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel on August 5, 1983. For decades Art Deco ornamental grilles, part of the Grand…

Black and white photograph depicting President Richard Nixon and Bob Hope at the Silver Anniversary of the National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner in 1983. President Nixon had been honored with the National Football Foundation’s Gold…

Black and white photograph depicting Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford at the National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner in 1983. Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, the 13th National Football Foundation Gold Medalist, and…

Black and white photograph depicting the gold oval mirror and eagle-based table in the reception hall of the Presidential Suite, date unknown. These pieces were donated to The Waldorf=Astoria Hotel by President Ronald Reagan.

Black and white photograph showing Cary Grant, Barbara Harris, and unidentified individuals at the awards presentation of the Friar's Club, 1982.