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Color picture postcard depicting the Park Avenue Foyer of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, c. 1943. Steel engraving by Dr. Joseph Guttman.

Black and white photograph depicting the Park Avenue Foyer looking toward the Main Lobby from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

"...the walls and pilaster are of Rockwood Stone...Louis Rigal designed the rug to…

Black and white photograph depicting the Park Avenue Foyer and Terraces decorated for Christmas from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

Black and white photograph depicting the Park Avenue Foyer and Terraces decorated for Easter from the 1935 publication "The Waldorf-Astoria" by Richard Averill Smith.

Postcard features an image of hotel guests in the Park Avenue Foyer surrounded by murals designed by the Spanish painter Jose Maria Sert.

Black and white photograph depicting Conrad Hilton and Waldorf=Astoria Managing Director Frank Wangeman overseeing the installation of the Park Avenue Lobby Chandelier.

Black and white photograph depicting the Park Avenue Foyer. Note the Rockwood stone columns and intricate grill work along the staircase. Also pictured are two of the Rigal murals and the "Wheel of Life" mosaic in the center of the Foyer.

Color photograph depicting the Park Avenue Lobby. Note the Rockwood stone columns and Cocktail Terrace. Also pictured is the "Wheel of Life" mosaic in the center of the Foyer.