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Rare Footage of the Waldorf Astoria Kitchen, Hotel, and Restaurant Workers in 1936.

The Basildon Room, located on the fourth floor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, is a reconstruction of the dining room of the Basildon Park Manor in Berkshire. The ceiling paintings, the cornices and the mantelpiece were removed intact from Berkshire…

These are the rates of rooms and suites in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in 1931. Frank Ready was the General Manager.

The Doormen and Bellhops of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel pose for a group photo in the Park Avenue lobby in 1932.

Banquet waiters are shown carrying dessert out to the guests of the evening. The dinner given was in honor of Francois Latry, Knight of the Legion of Honor, of the Savoy of London. This dinner was held in the Sert Room on September 20, 1938.