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Black and white photograph depicting Fred J. Eisler (left), broker and former old Waldorf executive, about to take the first drink served in the Lounge Café. Also shown (left to right) are Royal E. Peterson, John D.C. Haag, and Oscar of the Waldorf.…

Black and white photograph depicting John “Curly” O’Connor (veteran bar keeper, head barman of the Waldorf, and opener of the original bar in the Old Waldorf in 1893) serving the first drink at the opening ceremonies of the new Waldorf Bar for…

Menu and reservation card for Thanksgiving dinner as offered in the Sert Room on November 24, 1938. Distributed by "Oscar's Office" at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, the verso indicates that this meal cost $5 per person. The same dishes were offered in…

Black and white photographs depicting the souvenir menu for the dinner given at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in honor of General Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 19, 1945. The shoulder patch of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, of World War…

Black and white photograph of then General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower. Below the picture appears a handwritten dedication to the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel expressing the General's "deepest appreciation". The inscription is dated June 19, 1945,…

Black and white photograph of President William Howard Taft inscribed to Oscar Tschirky, the famed Maitre d'Hotel of the Waldorf=Astoria, February 24, 1913.

Black and white photograph depicting "President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking at the annual dinner of the conference of Catholic Charities held at the Waldorf-Astoria, October 4th/33. The four personages seated behind the President are acting Mayor…

Black and white photograph depicting President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover being escorted from the Park Avenue entrance by hotel manager Lucius Boomer, February 13, 1933.