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The Park Avenue chandelier was installed on Tuesday, February 6th, 1962 as was designed by Joe Travisano upon request by Greene Brothers, Inc., New York City. This chandelier was 10 feet long and 10 feet wide and featured 104 electric candles. It…

Tony Sarg's "Oasis Cafe" was located across the corridor from the "Lounge Restaurant" in the Peacock Alley lounge and cafe region of our hotel throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.

The murals on the walls of the Oasis Cafe contained mural's…

In 1961, Eugene Scanlan was appointed the Executive Chef of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Mr. Scanlan was the first native born American to ever be appointed as the Executive Chef of a major American hotel kitchen; a position that had previously only…

Letter from Allan Hoover, son of President Herbert Hoover, to Frank G. Wangeman, General Manager of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel. The younger Hoover expresses appreciation on behalf of himself and his brother for the constant friendliness and devoted…

Black and white photograph depicting President Herbert Hoover and General Douglas MacArthur at the 1960 National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner held in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel. President Hoover was the 1960 National…

Black and white photograph depicting President John F. Kennedy delivering his Gold Medal acceptance speech at the National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner. National Football Foundation representatives (including Vincent dePaul Draddy and…

Black and white photograph depicting Conrad Hilton (right) with New Mexico Governor Edwin L. Mechem (left) during a reception for a group of New Mexico businessmen at The Waldorf on May 17, 1962. When a supervisory employee (who had been tending bar…

Black and white photograph depicting (from left to right) Conrad N. Hilton, chairman of the board of Hilton Hotels Corporation, former astronaut John Glenn, Dr. Wernher von Braun, director of the Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville, Alabama,…