Happy New Year's!

Happy 1910, 1936, 1949, 1956... and 2012!

New Year's Eve in Gary, Indiana, 1956. Source

New Year's Eve, 1944, the Sanford Jewish Community Centre, Sanford, Florida. Source

A New Year's celebration in San Francisco. Source

The fancy dress Chelsea Arts New Year's Eve ball, London, 1947. Source

Scottish troops on New Year's Day, WW1. Source

A cafe on New Year's Eve, c. 1910. Source

New Year's Party, 1957. Source

A posh New Year's party, 1956. Source

New Year's Eve party in Times Square, NYC, 1956. Source

Sipping champagne at a Hollywood party, 1949. Source

Underwater New Year's celebration, Jan. 1, 1953, Rainbow Springs, Florida. Source

New Year's party of the Russian Ballet in Sydney, Australia, 1936. Source

Balloons dropping on New Year's Eve, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1958. Source

Celebrating, Gary, Indiana, 1956. Source

Paul Newman and wife Joanne Woodward sharing a New Year's kiss at a party in Orsay, France, 1961. Source

New Year's kiss at a party in Miami, 1957. Source

London by Moonlight

A stroll around London on a brightly moonlight night in 1940. Beautiful and somewhat eerie. 

Piccadilly Circus (if you are familiar with the place, note the sandbagged, boarded and postered statue of Eros). Source

The Tower Bridge. Source

And another view. Source

Trafalgar Square with the Nelson Monument, adorned with wartime posters. Source

The Houses of Parliament. Source

A blacked out Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery to the left and the church St Martin's in the Field centre. Source

On the Ice

Shall we skate?

Skating in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, c. 1872-1887. Source

Skating in Switzerland, 1930. Source

Children skating, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1953. Source

Doing the ice tango, c. 1910. Source

Skating on Lake Chelan, Washington State, US, c.1900. Source

Speed skaters ready for the race start, the Netherlands, 1914. Source

Catholic priest ice skating, Detroit, Michigan, 1955. Source

A Mrs. Cunningham skating, c. 1910-1915. Source

Figure skater Irving Brokaw, c. 1910. Source

Skating in traditional costume, Marken, the Netherlands, 1938. Source

Skating with a pram-sledge, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1926. Source

Sailors skating at Rockefeller Centre, NYC, 1942. Source

Skating on the canals in Amsterdam, 1976. Source

Elderly Chinese people skating, China, 1946. Source

Child with safety pillow, aww. The Netherlands, 1933. Source

Skating on St. Margaret's Loch, Edinburgh, Scotland, c. 1880 [?]. Source

A Pet Ocelot

All right, you really shouldn't keep a wild animal like an ocelot as a pet... but my goodness are they cute! A series for LIFE magazine (though unpublished, as far as I can tell), 1961, USA.

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Ocelot prowling the bed. Source

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Ocelot on a table. Source

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Ocelot jumping down from the bird cage. Source

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Taking a flying leap across the room. Source

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Whee! Source 

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AHH! Source

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Ocelot begging for food. Source

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Kitty on the counter. Source

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And in the fridge (someone's a bit spoiled...). Source

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Ocelot taking a ride in the car. Source

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There's two! Source

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Taking a walk with the family ocelot. Source

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Spot the ocelot! Source

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Spotted all two? Source

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Hug time. Source 

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Ocelot on the shoulder. Source 

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Ocelot climbing on the photographer. Source

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Kitty wrestling. Source

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Hanging out with the ocelot. Source 

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Ocelot cuddles! Source

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Awwww. Source

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Awwwwww. Source

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Ocelot kiss! Source

All right, I'll take one.