30 Strange and Creepy Vintage New Year's Postcards From Between the 1900s and 1910s

Wishing you a very happy New Year! Here's a collection of 30 strange and creepy New Year's postcards from between the 1900s and 1910s.

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Cute and Beautiful Vintage New Year's Postcards

Here's a collection of 30 cute and beautiful vintage New Year's postcards.

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14 Interesting Vintage New Year's Cards From the Late 19th Century

The holiday season comes upon us around the month of December and this is the time when there is cheer and gaiety amongst all as they gear up to welcome the New Year. Different people have different ways of celebrating the New Year and no matter the type it is always fun-filled.

This is also the time to express our love and concern for our near and dear ones and what better way to do so than by sending New Year cards. Earlier, cards used to be sent to family and friends staying far and away but today the trend has changed.

Today, cards are given to all the close ones irrespective of their distance. There can be no great feeling than receiving a personalized card which expresses love and affection from the bottom of your heart.

A Happy New Year, 1876, Henry M. Bloser

A. C. Krider, Happy New Year, 1882

A Happy New Year, 1876

A Happy New Year, 1879

Happy New Year! 20 for 10 Cents

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Vintage Photos of Chinese New Year Celebrations in Los Angeles

Jan. 26, 1928. Chinese New Year on Apablasa Street in L.A.'s Chinatown.

Feb. 2, 1930. The Chinese Lion goes about collecting gifts hung over doors during New Year's celebrations in L.A.'s Chinatown.

Feb. 14, 1942. The black dragon, right, loses a fight with Gum Lung, the golden dragon, during the New Year's celebration in L.A.'s China City.

Jan. 21, 1955. The Chung Wah Chinese School Drum and Bugle Corps performs in the Chinese New Year parade in L.A.'s Chinatown.

Feb. 1, 1963. A dragon, manipulated by 40 men, takes part in the Chinese New Year parade for the Year of the Rabbit in L.A.'s New Chinatown.

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Vintage Photos of People Partying on New Year's Eve From the Late 19th Century

New Year's celebrations have been going on for a long, long time. But we've only been able to get photographic proof of it since the late 1800s.

Taking a look at the Library of Congress' extensive collection of historic photographs, we found some fun examples of the ways we used to get down on New Year's Eve.

1876: New Year's Eve, seems pretty tame.

1907: New Year's Eve celebration at Restaurant Martin in New York City. Things have gotten livelier!

1909: A New Year's reception at the White House.

1909: Jewish women pray along the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City on New Year's Day.

1909: The annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia is one of the oldest folk festivals in America. Here is the parade in 1909.

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Funny Vintage Photos From New Year’s Eves Past

In case you haven’t been planning your ensemble/resolutions for months now, New Year’s Eve is just around the corner. Whether you like to celebrate in the craziness that is Times Square, at a small gathering with friends, or with a loved one, a bottle of champagne and an old movie, we’re here to supply you with a little bit of party time inspiratio.n

New Year’s Eve Ball, 1978.

New Year’s Eve, 1950s, New York City.

New Year’s Eve.

New Year’s Eve, 1912, Chinatown.

New Year’s Eve, c.1910, New York City.

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The Antikamnia Chemical Company’s Skeleton Calendars of 1899 and 1900

These fantastic images come from Antikamnia Skeleton Calendars, put out by the Antikamnia Chemical Company, St. Louis, MO.

Antikamnia’s analgesic compound, which was never patented, was marketed as a ‘proudly ethical drug’ and used to treat headaches, fever, stomach aches, nervousness, insomnia and ‘the blues’. It was claimed to be a new synthetic coal-tar derivative but in fact contained almost 50% acetanilid, which was sometimes mixed with codeine or quinine.

The Antikamnia Chemical Company hired local physician-artist Louis Crucius to do the art for the calendars. Crucius was also a pharmacist, and did the “Skeleton Sketches” drawings while working at a pharmacy. Five years worth of the calendars – 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, and 1901 – were printed.

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“Kiss Me, Stupid”, New Year’s Eve, New York City, 1965

A prominently featured marquee in this photograph advertises the romantic comedy Kiss Me, Stupid, in which a piano teacher hires a woman to play the part of his wife when a lascivious performer comes to visit.

(Photo by Joel Meyerowitz)

The title of this photograph indicates that Meyerowitz captured this scene on New Year’s Eve. With this knowledge, a viewer may begin to imagine that a theater employee put those words on the marquee that day in the spirit of the holiday.

The quotation marks around the phrase seem to imply an unseen, omnipresent speaker, hinting at the romantic notion this couple might have had that the words were meant for them, inspiring them to follow direction with a kiss.

"Kiss Me, Stupid" poster

Kiss Me, Stupid is a 1964 American sex comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder and starring Dean Martin, Kim Novak, and Ray Walston.

The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on the play L’ora della fantasia (The Dazzling Hour) by Anna Bonacci, which had inspired Wife For a Night (Moglie per una notte, 1952), an Italian film starring Gina Lollobrigida. The comic song lyrics were written by Ira Gershwin, using some of George Gershwin’s unpublished melodies.