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.
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A group of women enjoy a New Year's sledding party. |
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Virginia Dale rings in the 1941. |
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Woman celebrating with room full of balloons. |
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Women with balloons on New Years Eve. |
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Young woman standing in front of a clock, celebrating New Years Eve. |
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Betty Grable celebrating the New Year. |
Women with balloons on New Years Eve. |
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Getting a kick out of New Year's with Julie London. |
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Betty Hutton and her giant bells, 1942. |
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Hazel Sofinger wishing everyone a Happy, 1933. |
Olivia de Havilland skiing her way into 1937. |
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Olga San Juan posing for publicity still with nautical theme bearing message: HAPPY NEW YEAR, 1944. |
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Alice Faye celebrates the New Year, c.1936. |
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Ann Miller on New Year's Eve |
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Esther Williams ringing in 1944. |
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Donna Reed, c.1940s |