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Alice in Waldorf Land005.jpg
A magazine article showing Alice and her friends visiting various places in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel including Peacock Alley, the Park Avenue Lobby and the Terminal Barber Shop.

HB 6.jpg
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.

HB 7.jpg
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.

HB 5.jpg
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…

Archive014_Frank Wangeman.jpg
Black and white photograph depicting Conrad Hilton and Waldorf=Astoria Managing Director Frank Wangeman overseeing the installation of the Park Avenue Lobby Chandelier.

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Black and white photograph depicting the Park Avenue entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria hotel from the Park Avenue foyer, c. 1940s.

artdeco014.jpg
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.

artdeco015.jpg
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.

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