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Black and white photograph depicting Congresswoman and activist Bella Abzug speaking at an event at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel. A life-long New Yorker and a prominent New York politician, Abzug attended many important political events at the Waldorf.

Color photograph of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright with Waldorf=Astoria staff members during one of her visits to the hotel, ca. 2000.

Color photograph of then President George H.W. Bush sampling fruit and cheeses for brunch at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, September 23, 1991. According to former executive chef John Doherty: "Everybody made a big deal of him not liking broccoli but he…

Black and white photograph of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arriving at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel for a black-tie event, 1950s.

Black and white photograph of then President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his Vice President Richard Nixon arriving at the Waldorf Towers, 1954.

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 President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Senator Robert F. Kennedy arriving at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, October 8, 1966.

Black and white photograph depicting President John F. Kennedy arriving at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, April 27, 1961. The President addressed the American Newspaper Publishers that evening in the Grand Ballroom.