Browse Items (221 total)

Presidential_20120207_010.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting the Presidential Suite at the original Waldorf on Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street. This first White House away from the White House hosted every United States President from Grover Cleveland through Herbert Hoover…

Astor_20120202_001.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting citizens of Walldorf, Germany, gathered in honor of John Jacob Astor. A new 12-foot monument was erected in John Jacob Astor's memory on the 100th anniversary of his death (which occurred March 29th, 1848). The…

Hilton_20111227_020.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting a portrait of George C. Boldt, who opened the Waldorf in March 1893, the Astoria in 1897, and operated the original Waldorf=Astoria until his death on December 5th, 1916. This portrait was painted by Boris…

Prohibition_201201_007.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Oscar Tschirky putting the finishing touches on his Swiss Chalet in 1938. This model won a special Grand Prize in the three-day-long 3rd Annual Arts and Crafts Exhibition for Waldorf=Astoria employees. Born in…

Prohibition_201201_006.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt cutting a three-tiered birthday cake in celebration of the 59th birthday of her son, President Roosevelt. Oscar of the Waldorf officiated, and later selected this picture as one of only…

Prohibition_201201_009.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Oscar of the Waldorf helping eight-year-old Marjorie Hunt bake a cake for the First Lady. On March 1, 1934, the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel hosted a reception and tea celebrating the 22nd birthday of the Camp Fire…

Prohibition_201201_003.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Oscar Tschirky of the Waldorf introducing liquor bottles to a wood chipper, date unknown.

Prohibition_201201_001.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting prominent author Benjamin DeCasseres just before taking the first legal drink at the Waldorf=Astoria on Park Avenue in 1933. By arrangement of United Press, Mr. DeCasseres waited in one of the Hotel's private…
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2