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Black and white photograph depicting Conrad Hilton with his longtime administrative assistant Olive Wakeman and Francis Cardinal Spellman at Cardinal Spellman's Christmas party in 1954. Conrad Hilton was born on Christmas Day in 1887.

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 the Grand Ballroom during a citywide blackout on November 9, 1965. The Waldorf=Astoria continued to serve dinner by candlelight.

Jim Henson, Jane Seymour, and Bernadette Peters at Muppets Party masquerade ball at the Waldorf=Astoria, 2/16/1985.

A black and white photograph depicting the December 1952 Pillsbury Bake-Off, hosted in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria. The first Bake-Off took place at the Waldorf-Astoria in 1949. To celebrate Pillsbury's 80th birthday, executives at the…

A black and white photograph depicting the banquet following the Pillsbury Bake-Off in December 1952.

"Breakfast in bed at the Waldorf: Having it in bed is something we don't do often, let alone at the Waldorf. Life was certainly very luxurious, we had been entertained at buffet dinners and luncheons, and taken to shows by the Pillsbury people and…

"A highlight of the champagne brunch celebrating the redecoration of the famous Starlight Roof of the Waldorf-Astoria by theatrical scenic designer Oliver Smith was a fashion show by French couturier Guy Laroche featuring his latest collection show…