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Black and white photograph depicting the Presidential Suite State Dining Room in 1969. This room featured all original Waldorf period furniture finished in mahogany as well as an early 19th Century chandelier and persimmon velvet draperies like those…

Black and white photograph depicting the living room of the Presidential Suite circa 1962. Toward the right is John F. Kennedy's rocking chair, now a permanent part of the Suite. As part of the 1978 redecoration, a brass plaque was added to identify…

Black and white photograph depicting the 25'-6" x 15'-0" State Dining Room in the Presidential Suite on the 35th floor of the Waldorf Towers, circa 1962.

Black and white photograph depicting the 24' 6" x 30' 0" living room of the Presidential Suite, the largest room in the largest suite in the Waldorf Towers, circa 1962.

Black and white photograph depicting Eugene Scanlan, Gene Shalit, and Towers staff preparing to host The Today Show in the Presidential Suite in 1978. Mr. Shalit shared a "State Dinner" with NBC officials before spending the night in the legendary…

The Waldorf=Astoria was featured as a favorite of extended-stay hotel guests in The Wall Street Journal article “When Home Is Where The Hotel Is”. The Wall Street Journal, which had a then-circulation of 2,117,796, addressed both the…

"Enjoying his recent stay in the Royal Suite of The Waldorf Towers, Sandy, the co-star of Broadway's successful play "Annie," is shown with owner/trainer Bill Berloni while officially pawing the registration card." January 27, 1978

Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. and wife visit with General Douglas McArthur in the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel.