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Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Thirty-Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue (original location). 1 drawing on brown paper : colored crayons over pencil sketch ; sheet 29.3 x 23.1 cm.
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Thirty-Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue (original location). 1 drawing on brown paper : colored crayons over pencil sketch ; sheet 29.3 x 23.1 cm.
Credit: Joseph Pennell

A sketch of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel at its original location, c. 1904–1908. The Waldorf Astoria has been housed in two historic landmark buildings in New York City. The first was on the site that became home to the Empire State Building.