Park Avenue Entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel facing South East, 1936

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Title

Park Avenue Entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel facing South East, 1936

Subject

Architecture

Description

Black and white photograph depicting the "Scene in front of the Waldorf-Astoria Monday morning, May 11th at 7 a.m., just before the take-off of the coach 'Valiant' on an attempt to break the coach-and-four record of 12 hours and 18 minutes from New York to Atlantic City, made in 1910. Mrs. Florence Evans Dibble is at the reins." The photograph displays the entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria hotel from across Park Avenue, 1936.

Date

1936-05-12

Relation

Photographs | Buildings Collection

Format

image | jpeg

Extent

8x10

Medium

black-and-white photographs

Type

StillImage

Identifier

06.02.013

Coverage

Exterior -- Park Avenue, East
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present

Temporal Coverage

1931 - 1939

Citation

“Park Avenue Entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel facing South East, 1936,” Host to the World, accessed November 17, 2024, https://waldorfnewyorkcity.com/archive/items/show/375.