New Year's Eve ship-puzzles Dramatically

Dramatically

Called "The American Genie of the (Electric) Lamp" by The Times

These skaters were their own silent partners on a wintery afternoon

" a play within a play

New Year's Eve ship-puzzles DramaticallyTimes photographer Chester Higgins Jr. captured technicians in 1978, eyeing a new and improved ball that would soon descend during the annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square. No big deal, but in 1907, The Times invented the Times Square ball drop. "The descent of an electric ball will mark the arrival of 1908 tonight," read a short item in the newspaper on December 31 of that year. The original ball was five feet in diameter. Its light came