Dec 31, 2024
The obligatory shot of Times Square on New Year's Eve, this one from 1949, to welcome in the New Year.
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The obligatory shot of Times Square on New Year's Eve, this one from 1949, to welcome in the New Year.
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Times Square, New Year's Eve, 1926.
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A face in the crowd: Times Square, December 31, 1951.
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Captain Sol Gerson and Gertrude Holtorf share a kiss to welcome in the New Year at the Rainbow Room, December 31, 1939.
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An habitue of Marconi’s Restaurant on Mulberry Street dropped in for a bite to eat New Year’s Eve, and did a spontaneous dance to entertain the family party of the Di Costanzos, the restaurant owners, December 31, 1942.
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Times Square, New Year's Eve, December 31, 1926.
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New Year's Eve during Prohibition. The NY Herald reports on the sober proceedings, January 1, 1921. Apparently they didn't look too hard.
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Jack Kerouac jams with the band at The Artist's Club's New Year's Eve party, December 31, 1958.
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