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Black and white photograph depicting the Park Avenue Entrance looking South on Park Avenue from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

"...St. Bartholemew's in the foreground, the New York Central Building closing the…

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Black and white photograph depicting the Park Avenue Entrance of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

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Black and white photograph depicting the Park Avenue Foyer looking toward the Main Lobby from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

"...the walls and pilaster are of Rockwood Stone...Louis Rigal designed the rug to…

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Black and white photograph depicting the Park Avenue Foyer and Terraces decorated for Christmas from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

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Black and white photograph depicting the Park Avenue Foyer and Terraces decorated for Easter from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

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Black and white photograph depicting the Sert Room from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

"...Redecorated and Terraced for the Summer of 1935. The room may be reserved for private parties during the season when…

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Black and white photograph depicting the Sert Room from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

"The murals are almost in monochrome on white gold...a very dark brown with reddish browns, black and burgundy...the…

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Black and white photograph depicting the Empire Room from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

Referenced by Lent's 1934 publication: "...the Empire Room of today is distinguished by a more modern interpretation of…
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