This New Year’s cartoon published in Life in January 1917 offers a commentary on what a difference fifty years can make. Whether you plan to celebrate quietly, as though it’s 1867 (left), or in a slightly more boisterous fashion, as though it’s 1917 (right), we hope you enjoy ringing in the New Year in your chosen way!
Happy 2015 to all !
Learn More:
- Explore an assortment of representations of “Father Time,” who often figures in illustrations relating to the waning of one year and the dawn of the next.
- On New Year’s Eve, thousands throng Times Square in New York City to welcome the new year. View images of Times Square through the years.
- Enjoy the revelry of New Year’s Eve in 1942 New York with this peek inside one family’s celebration.