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List of dishes served at the bruncheon held in Peacock Alley on January 1, 1972, the morning after a Lombardo New Year's Eve Gala.

On the menu:

Minted Pineapple and Dates
Salad of Herrings and Apple
Grapefruit – Chilled or Honey…

These photos show a menu from the United Nations Dinner held here at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in honor of United Nations Day (October 24, 1961)

Black and white photograph depicting then-California Governor Ronald Reagan accepting his Gold Medal from National Football Foundation Chairman Vincent Draddy in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in 1971. 40th President Ronald Reagan…

Nelson Rockefeller, Paul Garrett (American Wine), and Alfred P. Sloan Jr., are photographed while attending the annual General Motors Automobile Show in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The General Motors auto show, also known as the…

Black and white photograph depicting party goers celebrating at the New Year's Eve Gala held in the Grand Ballroom, 1981.

Black and white photograph depicting the annual televised New Year's Eve Gala hosted by Guy Lombardo, 1976.

Black and white photograph depicting Mayor Ed Koch presenting the Proclamation of Waldorf=Astoria day on the hotel's 50th anniversary.

This photo was taken at the opening of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1931. Seated from left to right is Henry Firestone (tires), Julius Rosenwald (Sears), Thomas Edison (electricity), Sir Thomas Lipton (tea), Charles Schwab (US Steel), Henry Ford…