So what are you doing New Year's Eve? Watching the ball drop from the comfort of your sofa because you just didn't get invited to a good party? Well, take a step back in time, when they really knew how to whoop it up.
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New Year's Eve revelers at the Piccadilly Hotel in London. |
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A United States Navy man on leave from his ship lifts an elbow and drinks a toast with his girlfriend to peace and more lasting reunions in the new year in 1941. |
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Champagne and pretty girls, carnival hats and confetti – the setting that a soldier or a sailor likes for his merry-making. the showgirls went all-out to make the boys feel at home. New York, December 1941. |
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The New Year to came to the Bowery in 1936 to be greeted by a toast from these downtown folks. |
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Two women try hard, but cannot seem to cheer up Jerry Therrien, bartender at the Copacobana in 1946. |
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Somewhere in Southern California, 1933. |
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New Year's Eve party, ca. 1940s. |
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Woman celebrating with room full of balloons. |
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Jane Wyman, ca. 1950s. |
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Rita Hayworth, New Year’s 1941. |
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