2020 is almost done ladies and gentlemen! Yay! While things are not going to change in the first part of 2021, I am looking forward to what may come near the end of the year. Maybe I can do some small trips? Maybe I can hug my mom and dad again or maybe I can have a lindy hop dance with a stranger! Who knows! Whatever it is, it’s pretty darn exciting and I can’t wait.
Now for today’s post….I have done multiple posts on New Years in the past (hence the part 3) so I’m just going to build on what I have done and ask that you check out the fun in my other NYE posts, at the end of this post.
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Vintage New Years Eve Photos-Part 3
New Years Eve party at the King Edward Hotel, Toronto Canada 1939. What a stylish group of people!
Source: Toronto Archives
What a fun New Years Eve Party this is! Gosh everyone of these men and women are so darn fashionable! Love this 1950s/ 1960s Vintage Photo so much (how do I get an invite?).
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You know it’s a wild party when someone wants to pop a balloon with a dinner fork! Happy almost New Years from the King Edward Hotel 1939!
Source: Toronto Archives
It’s Midnight! Time for that Kiss! 1960s vintage photo of a couple kissing at their home bar while wearing NYE party favors.
Source: eBay
Raymond Moriyama and his sister Joan at a friend’s house on New Year’s Eve, December 31st, 1949. How cute are these two?!
Source: Archives of Ontario
1950s photo of a group of women in fantastic 1950s dresses all gathered in the dining room during a New Years Eve party. I just adore the table decor, don’t you?
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It’s always important that the drinks keep coming on NYE (boozy or the virgin kind), even if you have to look at a book on how to make them. This is a funny 1960s photo of a group of party goers trying to figure out how to make their next drinks. Question: What is the man on the right holding?
Source: Etsy
1920s New Years Eve party group photo! Looks like everyone is having a great time, even the guy holding a drum (?) in the background haha.
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1953 New Year’s Eve Black Tie “mostly” mandatory party (Gosh those 1950s dresses are divine!). I’m trying to figure out if they are in the back room of a restaurant because it feels very industrial (beside the curtains).
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I will end this last blog post of 2020 with a photo that pretty much sums up what I had HOPED my New Years Eve would of been like (plus I feel like this lady is my spirit animal). Me in a pretty 1960s dress, with a party hat, drink in my hand celebrating with friends in their home bar (I do love a vintage home bar). Sigh…Oh well next year friends!
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Happy New Years Friends and Family! May 2021 be a better year for everyone!
Make sure you check out my other New Years Eve Posts for more fun photos:
- Vintage Photos of New Years Eve-Part 1
- Vintage Photos of New Years Eve Parties-Part 2!
- Vintage New Years Eve Photos – Part 3
- Vintage New Years Eve Party Photos -Part 4
- Vintage New Year’s Eve Advertisements & Party Announcements!
- Vintage New Years Eve Roundup -Vintage Advertising, Photos & More!
Liz
Hello Liz, thanks for all that great work and happy Holidays 🎄❄️🎉
Happy New Year Poppy!
Liz ! In these terrible COVID Times ..Thank You for a Look Back to when ‘ Things ‘ were More Normal and Much Better ! May the Coming New Year Be One of Your Best and allows You to Keep Up Your Wonderful and Aways Entertaining Blog ! Keep it Up Liz ..We all need some Uplifting Right Now !
Thanks Joe! That was the plan. We need to get our mind off things, I know that even when times are tough people still found joy.
Happy New Year!
Liz
As you can see NYE has always been a big deal! There’s something so charming about these vintage celebrations. They really knew how to live back then! Happy New Year, Liz!
Yup it’s always been a good time even in hard times. Happy New Year!
Hey Liz, Great photos… and I checked out your previous entries as well. Actually, I stumbled across your photo of Cab Calloway conducting his band at a party. I am trying to pin down the original photo used as the backdrop for the Overlook Hotel party in the final scene from The Shining. I get a feeling that the fellow Jack Nicholson was airbrushed over may have been the bandleader and many of the folks are wearing heart-shaped badges, so maybe a Valentine party? Anyway, classic 1920s. A lot to unpack. Kubrick said he found the original in a photo library, so it seems with all our modern digital prowess it would be easy enough to locate… but it’s a real bugger. Thanks for all you do. Your passion shows! https://theoverlookhotel.com/post/33841162601/the-original-unaltered-period-photo-into-which
Oh wow! I have never seen the Shining (can’t do scary movies) so I will take your word for what your saying. Thanks though for sharing your thoughts on how the scene imagery came to be and thanks for the kind words. Happy New year!
Liz