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A Half Century With The Waldorf-Astoria
Title
A Half Century With The Waldorf-Astoria
Alternative Title
50th Anniversary Celebration
Subject
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943
Roosevelt, Sara Delano, 1854-1941
Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959
Description
Black and white photograph. Press slip on the reverse reads: "32. Financier J.P. Morgan and the late Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, the President's mother, meeting at the dinner given at The Waldorf-Astoria by the English-Speaking Union of the U.S., in honor of Viscount Halifax, British Ambassador to the United Sates, April 15, 1941."
This photograph seems to have been compiled with other photographs in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Waldorf-Astoria which would have been in March 1943.
This photograph seems to have been compiled with other photographs in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Waldorf-Astoria which would have been in March 1943.
Date
1941-04-15
Relation
Photographs | Biographical | Guests / Entertainers
Format
image | tiff
Extent
8x10
Medium
black-and-white photographs
Type
StillImage
Identifier
06.06.058
Coverage
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
Temporal Coverage
1940 - 1949
Original Format
black-and-white photographs
Physical Dimensions
8x10
Collection
Citation
“A Half Century With The Waldorf-Astoria,” Host to the World, accessed April 29, 2024, https://waldorfnewyorkcity.com/archive/items/show/623.