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BH and FW005.jpg
On the left is Barron Hilton, son of Conrad Hilton and chairman of the Hilton Hotels Corporation; on the right is Frank Wangeman, executive Vice President and Manager of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in the 1970s.

Hilton_20111227_009.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting the Hilton flag flying for the first time over the Park Avenue entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria, date unknown.

Hilton_20111227_008.jpg
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.

Hilton_20111227_006.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Waldorf=Astoria employees gathered in a champagne toast in honor of Conrad N. Hilton and the Silver Anniversary of the Waldorf=Astoria as a Hilton Hotel. Staff members worked together to create this giant card,…

Hilton_20111227_003.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Conrad N. Hilton with a certificate of Cooperation awarded to Hilton Hotels International by the Economic Cooperation Administration on December 29, 1951. Hilton Hotels International, of which Mr. Hilton was…

Hilton_20111227_002.jpg
Black and white photographic portrait of Conrad Hilton, President of The Waldorf=Astoria and Hilton Hotels International, taken by Fabian Bachrach, date unknown.
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