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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…

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 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 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 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 living room of the Presidential Suite at The Waldorf Towers in 1969. This room was decorated in the style of the Oval Room of The White House, including the yellow color scheme originally chosen by Dolly…

This correspondence from 1964 describes the origins of the Martini. According to this evidence, a man by the name of Mr. Martinez visited the original Waldorf Astoria Hotel sometime in the 1890s and suggested this drink to a bartender at the hotel.…

Black and white photograph depicting the flags being lowered to half-staff to mourn the death of President John F. Kennedy outside the Park Avenue entrance of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, November 22, 1963.