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Color picture postcard of Jose Maria Sert's "The Welcome" mural, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.

Transcription: "One of the fifteen murals depicting episodes selected from 'The Marriage of Quiteria', as described in the second part of 'Don…

A sketch depicting a night in the life of the original Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Peacock Alley, it's most famous corridor, would be filled with hundreds of people each day and evening where ladies and gentlemen went to see and be seen.

Black and white photograph depicting the murals in the Starlight Roof at the Waldorf=Astoria from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

The mural decorations of the Starlight Roof are the work of the American…

Black and white photograph depicting one of the ceiling murals of the Silver Corridor. These murals were done by American Artist Edward Emerson Simmons in the 1890s and were take from the Astor Gallery of the Old Waldorf Hotel.

Color photograph depicting one of the thirteen allegorical murals done by Louis Rigal in 1935. The murals are located along the ceiling in the Park Avenue Foyer.

Color photograph depicting one of the thirteen allegorical murals done by Louis Rigal in 1935. The murals are located along the ceiling in the Park Avenue Foyer.

Black and white photograph depicting one of the restored murals by Louis Rigal in the Park Avenue lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Color lithographic image of guests socializing in the "Octagon Room" [Marie Antoinette Salon] of the Waldorf Hotel, 1893. Advertisement for ladies' hats by Hill Brothers.