“The first legal drink at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, 1933,” Item #491
Black and white photograph depicting prominent author Benjamin DeCasseres just before taking the first legal drink at the Waldorf=Astoria on Park Avenue in 1933. By arrangement of United Press, Mr. DeCasseres waited in one of the Hotel’s private suites until the moment repeal was signed in Salt Lake City, Utah, whereupon the bon vivant was ready to take the first drink.