St. Patrick's Day in America – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of St. Patrick's Day in America. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
St. Patrick's Day in America
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Here the holiday is presented as an American occasion, not only an Irish one, and that shift says a good deal about how the day took root across the country. Irish immigrants brought the feast of St. Patrick, the fifth-century missionary and patron saint of Ireland, to colonial American cities. By the mid-1800s, after large numbers arrived fleeing the Great Famine, parades and public celebrations had become a way for Irish Americans to claim a place in civic life. Green clothing, shamrocks and street processions gradually formed the familiar shape of the day, which people of many backgrounds now join in.
| Original scan | 8,431 × 6,598 px · prints to 28 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 01771u |
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