Vintage Happy New Year Greetings

Inspired by vintage illustrations and paintings by artists such as A.M. Hopfmuller, Flohri, and Jon McLaren, share these Happy New Year wishes with friends and family.

Silent film comedian Mack Swain toasts the onset of a new year, sending his Happy New Year wishes all the way from 1921.

(Mack Swain 1921 Film Fun Cover Portrait by Flohri)

This fashionable lady from 1905 thinks of her best intentions for the new year as she packs a snowman, and wishes you a Happy New Year from the past.

(Life Magazine 1905 Cover Illustration: Unknown Artist)

The “It Girl” herself – silent movie actress Clara Bow – sends you her best Happy New Year greetings.

(Photoplay 1928 Cover Illustration: Charles Sheldon)

A 1931 New Year’s Baby painted by J.H. Shonkwiler sends his greetings from the world of radio broadcasting.

(What’s On The Air January 1931 Cover Illustration: J. H. Shonkwiler)

Jazz Age art deco artist A.M. Hopfmuller‘s vision from 1921 – over 100 years ago – the end of one year and the start of another.

(SHADOWLAND 1921 Cover Painting: A.M. Hopfmuller)

Country Gentleman magazine cover artist William Meade Prince’s vision of the New Year’s Eve countdown in 1925 features a boy and his dog snoozing while a clock strikes midnight.

(Country Gentleman 1925 Cover Painting: William Meade Prince)

A fashionable woman blows a horn to celebrate New Year’s Eve in days gone by…Fast forward over a century and another new year is arriving!

(The Ladies’ World 1912 Cover Illustration: Charlotte Weber-Ditzler)

Artist Jack McLaren’s vintage 1923 cover painting of Maclean‘s magazine features a bearded angel, and a New Year’s Baby driving a jaunty automobile.

(Maclean’s 1923 Cover Illustration: Jack McLaren)