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The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City: Park Avenue Foyer – Antique Print

The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City: Park Avenue Foyer, c1933. — historic photograph
The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City: Park Avenue Foyer, c1933.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City: Park Avenue Foyer in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City: Park Avenue Foyer

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The foyer shown here belongs to the Waldorf-Astoria's Park Avenue building, which opened in 1931 on the blocks between 49th and 50th Streets after the earlier hotel on Fifth Avenue was demolished to make way for the Empire State Building. The new hotel was a landmark of the Art Deco era, and its public rooms were designed to impress guests arriving from the avenue. The photograph is dated about 1933, a period when New York's grand hotels were still central to the city's social and business life. The record's date and subject notes come from an unverified caption card, so the exact year should be read as approximate.

Created / publishedc1933.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesJ14158 U.S. Copyright Office No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Hotels; Interiors.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,181 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-149235

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