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Archive010_Sophie Tucker.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Sophie Tucker taking the stage at an event in the Empire Room, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.

Archive021_Latin Night.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra performing at Latin Night at the Starlight Roof, date unknown.

Archive035_Grand Ballroom 1950s.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting the United Nations Children's Fund Gala Dinner Dance also celebrating the Waldorf=Astoria's Silver Anniversary held in the Grand Ballroom, September 28, 1956.

Archive042_Pres. Truman.jpg
"Smoking the pipe of prosperity for the state of Missouri are former president Harry S. Truman and Missouri Governor James T. Blair, Jr. who were honored guests at an Ole' Missouri Country Ham Breakfast-brunch Wednesday noon at Hotel Waldorf…

Archive045_Breaking News.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union Anastas Mikoyan meeting the press at the Economic Club of New York luncheon held on January 14, 1959 in the Grand Ballroom, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel.

Photograph taken in the…

Archive047_Queen Eliz.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II in the Grand Ballroom at a dinner in her honor, October 21, 1957.

Archive049_Queen Eliz.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II being greeted by Eugene Scanlan at The Waldorf Towers on October 21, 1957.

Archive091_Pres. Nixon.jpg
Black and white photograph from the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner featuring Francis Cardinal Spellman, then Vice President Richard Nixon and Charles Silver. Photographed in the West Foyer, 1956.
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