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    Vintage Photos Capture Ladies Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in the Past

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    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. Just scroll down 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
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