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Series III. Photographs, slides, transparencies, circa 1970s-2015, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Images of renovations to the Four Seasons kitchen in 1997, the restaurant's 40th anniversary celebration in 1999, and views of its spaces and staff at various events.

Arrangement

Organized by photographic format: prints, slides, transparencies, and photograph albums.

Photographs. Kitchen renovation (8 folders), 1997 January 1-18, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 12-19 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographs. Food preparation and interiors, [circa 1997?], inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographs. Miscellaneous (3 folders), circa 1970s-2015, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 21-23 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Chiefly images of Four Seasons owners Tom Margittai, Paul Kovi, Julian Niccolini, and Alex von Bidder posed with celebrities and world figures who visited the restaurant, such as Anne, Princess Royal, James Beard, George H. W. Bush, Barbara Bush, Bill Clinton, David Frost, Keith Hernandez, Philip Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Sophia Loren, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Lee Radziwill, Diane von Furstenberg, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and the 14th Dalai Lama.

Conservation note

Contents of Folder 23 treated for mold, January 29, 2020.

Photographs. Miscellaneous, circa 1980s-2015, inclusive

oversize: small, Folder: 2 of 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Slides. [Restaurant interiors and staff] (2 folders), 1995-1998, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 24-25 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Slides. [Restaurant interiors] (Daniel Aubry), [2001], inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Slides. 40th anniversary (Mary Hilliard), 1999 June 24

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Slides. 40th anniversary (Patrick McMullan), 1999 June 24

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Transparencies. [Kitchen staff] (C. G. Winston), undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photograph album (green binding). Four Seasons. Fred Marcus Photography, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 8, Volume: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photograph album (brown binding). Gruber Photographers, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 8, Volume: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photograph album (black binding). Miscellaneous, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 8, Volume: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
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