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Lucius Boomer, former president of the Hotel Waldorf Astoria Corporation, presented a White House publication on how to properly fly, present, and handle the United States Flag to all Waldorf Astoria team members in the early 1940s just as the United…

Black and white photograph depicting the Presidential flag above the Park Avenue entrance to The Waldorf, date unknown. The Presidential flag is the same size as the American flag (20-by-30 feet as opposed to the standard 12-by-18 feet of other…

Black and white photograph depicting the Hilton flag flying for the first time over the Park Avenue entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria, date unknown.

Black and white photograph depicting the Hilton flag flying alongside the flag of Switzerland above the Park Avenue entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.

Black and white photograph depicting the flag of Monaco honoring her Serene Highness Princess Grace and Prince Rainier III on September 14, 1956. The flag of Monaco was first flown outside of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel on the day of the Imperial Ball,…

Black and white photograph depicting the five-star General's flag, which was ordered especially for General Douglas MacArthur upon his arrival from Japan in 1951. This flag flew over the Park Avenue entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel and, along…

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.

Black and white photograph depicting the celebration of the 1945 ticker-tape parade outside the Park Avenue entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 19, 1945.