11 vintage photos of endearingly raucous parties of New Year's past

December 31, 1906 | New York City. | (Library of Congress)

January 1, 1938 | New York City | (Bettmann/CORBIS)

January 1, 1940 | The Rainbow Room, New York City | (Bettmann/CORBIS)

December 31, 1926 | Times Square, New York City | (Bettmann/CORBIS)

January 1, 1936 | London | (H. Allen/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

December 31, 1940 | Broadway, New York City | (Bettmann/CORBIS)

December 31, 1939 | U.S.A. | (Underwood & Underwood/Corbis)

January 1, 1963 | Rome | (Keystone/Getty Images)

December 31, 1936 | The Bowery, New York City | (Bettmann/CORBIS)

December 31, 1947 | The Palm Beach Club, New York City. | (Bettmann/CORBIS)