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#Throwback: 9 Vintage Photographs Of People Celebrating New Year Since 1876

New Year's celebrations have been going on for a really, really long time. But we've only been able to get photographic proof of it since the late 1800s. So here's throwing back to the New Year celebrations from 1876.

By Sadho Ram — 02 Jan 2014, 07:31 PM — Updated about 7 years ago

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1) 1876: New Year's Eve seemed pretty boring back then.

2) 1907: A New Year's Eve celebration at Restaurant Martin in New York City. Things have gotten livelier, it seems.

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3) 1909: A New Year's reception at the White House.

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4) 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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5) Sometime between 1910 and 1915, this is a photo of a happening cafe on New Year's Eve.

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6) 1922: Los Angeles' Chinatown on New Year's Eve.

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7) 1942: This lonely soldier stands next to a recruitment sign on New Year's eve in Detroit, MI.

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8) 1943: Church-goers exiting Saint Dominick's church on Sullivan Street in New York City on New Year's Day.

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9) 1943: Children blowing horns on Bleeker St on New Year's Day. With a classic background photobomb.

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