The Year 2000 Photo Countdown is an alliance between Everything 2000 and the Millennium Picture Group, a nationwide partnership of photojournalists. Each weekday, the Everything 2000 Web site will feature a new image documenting how people and institutions are preparing for year 2000.

For 95 years, Times Square has been the center of worldwide attention on New Year's Eve and in 1938 when this picture was taken, the world joined joined in on the celebration as the countdown was broadcast on radio. It was in 1904 when the owners of One Times Square began conducting roof-top celebrations to usher in the New Year. Since 1907 -- the year of the first Ball Lowering celebration -- this tradition has been a universal symbol of welcoming the New Year.

Photo courtesy of Corbis Images

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