12 Romantic Vintage Photos of New Year's Kisses

A couple kissing in Times Square, New York City, New Year’s Eve, 1959

A couple kissing on New Year's Eve

A couple kissing on the New Year's Eve, 1960

A German couple roll in the new year by kissing on the Berlin Wall, 1989

A kiss from New Year's Eve wedding

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New Year on the Beach – 12 Interesting Vintage Photos of Women Greeting New Year in Swimsuits in the 1930s

Feminine cotton printed bathing suits often with little over skirts to hide the thighs gradually replaced the ugly 1920s fashion. Drawing of a playsuit for the beach. Fashion and costume history.

The '20s suit which sometimes sported cutout sections in the midriff panel disappeared as it evolved into a two piece garment. By this era most of us would recognize the late 1930s swimsuits as one that bears some relationship to swimwear of today.

Below is a small collection of 12 interesting vintage photos that show women greeting New Year in their 1930s swimsuits.

Girls on the beach in Santa Monica, California in swim suits showing the new year 1931

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Vintage Photos of People Greeting New Year From 100 Years Ago

Here are rare vintage pictures show how people greeting new Year for 100 years ago.

A New Year cheerful company, making music, drinking beer and smoking, ca. 1890s

A New Year's party, ca. 1910s

Friends on New Year's Eve, Grindelwald, Switzerland, 1909

Happy New Year 1899

Happy New Year 1902

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Interesting Calling Cards for Greeting New Year in the Victorian Era

A century ago, in the Victorian era, New Year’s day, rather than New Year’s eve, was the time for big celebration and gala entertaining known as open house. It was held from noon until six p.m. The tradition was that all the young ladies and boys under the age of ten would stay at home to receive callers while the eligible gentlemen went out to pay visits.

This tradition was carried by the “well to go” families, which invited eligible bachelors to meet their daughters and served their guests with bourbon, rum, or brandy and egg nog.

To invite their guests, the wealthy Victorians would use calling cards which you can see below. After receiving the engraved invitations, the eligible gentlemen would be arriving in the morning to sample chicken, turkey, fruit pie and to exchange witty repartee with the young lady of the house.

A Happy New Year 1879 from H. A and S. S. Brickenstein

A Happy New Year, 1876, Henry M. Bloser

A Happy New Year, 1876. Mary A. Bacon

A Happy New Year, 1879 from Jas. Mc Cambridge

A Happy New Year, 1879, Lawrence C. Hankey

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17 Nostalgic Black and White Photographs Show How Starlets Celebrating the New Year From the 1930s and '40s

When New Year’s Eve rolls around, it’s just as important to be with someone dear when the clock strikes midnight as it is to be in the proper place. These 17 black and white pictures from yesteryear show society’s elite surrounded by loved ones and plenty of champagne.

A large clock in the sand at Venice Beach, made with letters and people. A rope in a circle makes the outer edge of the clock, while ladies in swim suits lay around the outside of rope. Four of them hold up the date 1935, while 2 ladies make themselves the minute and hour hands of the clock.

A group of women enjoy a New Year's sledding party.

Virginia Dale rings in the 1941.

Woman celebrating with room full of balloons.

Women with balloons on New Years Eve.

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A Collection of 30 Lovely Vintage New Year Cards

New Year celebration will soon capture the world under its spell. Before you start your celebration, do not miss to have a glance at our collection of 30 lovely vintage Happy New Year cards...

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3 Year-Old-Boy in a Night Club at 5 in the Morning on New Year's Day, New York, 1934

“New Year’s at 5 in the morning in a night club, I found this 3 year old with his parents welcoming the New Year with milk.” – Weegee

The night finds this 3 year old boy sitting at a table welcoming the New Year with a smile and an empty bottle of milk, 1943.

1st January 1943: A three-year-old boy accompanies his parents to a New York nightclub to celebrate New Year’s Eve. At five in the morning, he is still welcoming in the New Year with a bottle of milk.

(Photos by Weegee (Arthur Fellig)/International Center of Photography/Getty Images)

Pictures of Lunar New Year in Chinatown, New York, ca. 1910

A Happy New Year - 1923

Mary Pickford, ca. 1920s

Beautiful Photos of Ann Miller Legs Up for New Year in 1945

Ann Miller was an American singer, dancer and actress who starred in more than 40 Hollywood films during her career. She was renowned for her slim figure and long dancer's legs and for the speed of her tap dancing. Studio publicity claimed she could do 500 taps per minute.

Old Photos of People Celebrating New Year in New York City

That's what New Yorkers celebrating New Year in the past.

A chic young couple toasts New Year's Eve at Manhattan's famous Stork Club.

Guests of an event at the Plaza Hotel don festive hats and play with noisemakers on New Year's Eve 1937.

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover celebrates New Year's Eve 1938 undercover in a Mickey Mouse mask.

A woman emerges from an egg on New Year's Eve 1939.

Jacqueline Dahdia entertains guests at Havana Madrid on New Year's Eve 1939.

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Old Photographs of New Year's Eve Celebrations in Times Square

Before we welcome in 2015, take a look back at some of the best shots of New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, New York City.

Looking north from 43rd street, a huge crowd gathers around a Christmas tree to welcome in 1938.

Thousands of people fill Times Square to watch the annual ball drop on New Year's Eve in 1939.

Times Square is packed with an endless sea of excited revelers in 1940.

An estimated 750,000 celebrators turned out in Times Square on Jan. 1, 1945, which was all lit up with the help of Lady Liberty.

Times Square is all lit up as the annual New Year's Eve bash begins in 1948.

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