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Black and white photograph depicting Conrad Hilton with His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie and Mayor Robert F. Wagner at the Mayor's reception held at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in October, 1963.

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.

Brochure for the Explorer's Club, providing information on the Club's history, activities and clubhouse. Every year, the Explorer's Club holds its annual dinner in the Waldorf-Astoria's Grand Ballroom.

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…

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 Oscar Tschirky putting the finishing touches on his Swiss Chalet in 1938. This model won a special Grand Prize in the three-day-long 3rd Annual Arts and Crafts Exhibition for Waldorf=Astoria employees. Born in…

Invitation to view the Presidential Suite, which was redecorated for the sixth time in 1978. Although the rehabilitation project had been completed in late September, the press and social party did not take place until October in order to accommodate…

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…