24 Vintage Ladies Celebrating St. Paddy’s Day
This Monday is St. Patrick’s Day, and though the homophobic stance of the New York parade has put a damper on some Irish-themed festivities, this weekend is still prime time for scrounging your closet for passably green clothing and kicking back with a six-pack of Guinness. In the meantime, enjoy this look back at the St. Paddy’s day of yore, when celebrities wore all green and the crowning of the St. Patrick’s Day Queen was as big a deal as the parade itself. Click through the slideshow for a glimpse of Grace Kelly in an emerald ball gown, Jackie Kennedy in the Boston parade, and more.
1916 Shamrock sellers, Dublin Photo: Topical Press Agency
1946 San Francisco St. Patrick's Day Parade
Photo: Charles E. Steinheimer/Time & Life Pictures
1949 New York St. Patrick's Day Parade Photo: Keystone-France/KEYSTONE-FRANCE
1952 Mike Wallace and Buff Cobb in the Saint Patrick's Day–themed espisode of their CBS show, Mike and Buff
Photo: CBS Photo Archive
1953 New York St. Patrick's Day Parade Photo: New York Daily News Archive/1953/Daily News, L.P. (New York)
1954 Grace Kelly Photo: Gene Lester/2012 Gene Lester
1958 Jackie and John F. Kennedy, Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade
Photo: Boston Globe/2013 - The Boston Globe
1961 Photo: Robert W. Kelley/Time Life Pictures
1963 Photo: Cloyd Teter/(C) 2010 The Denver Post, MediaNews Group
1964 Eleanore Weckbaugh's St. Patrick's Day party
Photo: George Crouter/(C) 2010 The Denver Post, MediaNews Group
1965 New York St. Patrick's Day Parade Photo: New York Daily News Archive/2010/Daily News L.P. (New York)
1966 Joan Parker Photo: ABC Photo Archives/2010 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
1968 St. Patrick's Day Queen Vicki Hissong, Denver
Photo: Bill Wunsch/(C) 2010 The Denver Post, MediaNews Group
1969 St. Patrick's Day Queen Hopefuls, Denver Photo: Bill Johnson/(C) 2010 The Denver Post, MediaNews Group
1970 Contestents for the St. Patrick's Day Fete, Denver Photo: Bill Peters/(C) 2010 The Denver Post, MediaNews Group
1971 St. Patrick's Day Queen Debi Dorrough (left), Denver Photo: John G. White/(C) 2010 The Denver Post, MediaNews Group
1971 Photo: John Beard/(C) 2010 The Denver Post, MediaNews Group
1974 St. Patrick's Day Queen Kathleen Mcguire, Denver Photo: Bill Wunsch/(C) 2010 The Denver Post, MediaNews Group
1975 Saint Patrick's Day Queen Tracy Wolf, Denver Photo: John J. Sunderland/(C) 2010 The Denver Post, Media News Group
1976 St. Patrick's Day Queen Rose Metzer, Denver
Photo: David Cupp/(C) 2010 The Denver Post, Media News Group
1981 St. Patrick's Day Queen Jeaneene Wallace
Photo: John Prieto/(C) 2010 The Denver Post, MediaNews Group
1985 Eva and Zsa Zsa Gabor at St. Patrick's Day Brunch, Beverly Hills
Photo: Ron Galella
1986 Danny and Rose Marie Mantell Thomas at the Beverly Hills St. Patrick's Day Parade
Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd.
1986 Ernest and Tova Borgnine at the Beverly Hills St. Patrick's Day Parade
Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd.
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