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Black and white photograph depicting the Empire Room from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

Referenced by Lent's 1934 publication: "...the Empire Room of today is distinguished by a more modern interpretation of…

Black and white photograph depicting Xavier Cugat and his orchestra performing for a dinner crowd at the Empire Room, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.

Black and white photograph depicting Sophie Tucker taking the stage at an event in the Empire Room, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.

Black and white photograph depicting guests entering the famed showroom and supper club the Empire Room, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.

Black and white photograph depicting a buffet reception being set up in the Empire Room, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.

Black and white photograph depicting Lord Mountbatten "reviewing" the Rockettes before a show at the Empire Room, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.

Color lithographic print of E.E. Anthony's rendering of the Empire Room at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, 1939.

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…