Placing candy into colorful plastic eggs and having marshmallow Peeps are fairly modern-day Easter actions. But some getaway traditions date again further ― like dressing up in a specific spring outfit to celebrate the holy day.
From ornate hats (Queen Elizabeth sets a superior common) to colorful coats, individuals have been sporting eye-catching ensembles at Easter Sunday expert services and parades throughout the past century. And we’ve got the photographs to demonstrate it.
Down below, we’ve rounded up 26 classic pictures of individuals in their Easter finest.
1931
New York Day-to-day Information Archive by using Getty Illustrations or photos
Cornelius Vanderbilt IV with is wife, Mary, and mom, Grace Graham Vanderbilt, parade in front of St. Thomas’ Church in New York City on Easter Sunday.
1938
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CBS Information reporter Robert Trout, actress and modern society hostess Cobina Wright and her daughter Cobina Carolyn Wright seem in CBS Radio Easter parade protection on Park Avenue in New York City in 1938.
Circa 1940
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A hen hatches out of an egg on a woman’s hat all through the Easter Parade in New York City circa 1940.
1941
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Small children stand in front of a movie theater in Chicago on Easter Sunday in 1941.
1941
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt depart St. Thomas’ Parish in Washington, D.C., on Easter Sunday.
1941
Dmitri Kessel by using Getty Illustrations or photos
A lady models Easter lapel flowers in 1941.
1942
New York Day-to-day Information Archive by using Getty Illustrations or photos
Marjorie P. Stoddard seems at the Easter Parade outdoors St. Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue in New York City in 1942.
1943
Weegee(Arthur Fellig)/Worldwide Center of Images by using Getty Illustrations or photos
Two women depart the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem on Easter Sunday.
1945
Myron Davis by using Getty Illustrations or photos
The 1945 Easter Parade in Chicago.
1945
Wallace Kirkland by using Getty Illustrations or photos
A minor lady waits for an Easter parade to start out in 1945.
1945
Marie Hansen by using Getty Illustrations or photos
Two women go to an Easter get together in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1945.
1946
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Joan Crawford and her seven-12 months-previous daughter, Christina, have on Easter bonnets in 1946.
1947
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Two women in Easter bonnets join the Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1947.
Late nineteen forties/Early 1950s
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“Peter Gun” co-star Lola Albright models an ornate Easter bonnet in the late nineteen forties or early 1950s.
1952
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Jean Leonard, Air Pressure Sgt. Harry Logan and Mrs. Harry Logan stroll by the Resort Theresa in Harlem on Easter Sunday 1952.
1952
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A lady wears an “I Like Ike” hat in honor of presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower to the 1952 Easter parade in New York City.
1953
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Designs line up all through the fashion demonstrate and Easter Parade in New York City in 1953.
1954
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Initial lady Mamie Eisenhower in her Easter outfit in 1954.
1955
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The New York City Easter parade in 1955.
1957
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Pearly Queens go to the Easter parade in Rotte
n Row in Hyde Park, London, in 1957.
1959
Afro Newspaper/Gado by using Getty Illustrations or photos
An Easter celebration in 1959.
1963
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President John F. Kennedy, first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and their little ones Caroline and John Jr. seem on Easter Sunday 1963 in Palm Seaside, Florida.
1965
Perry H. Kretz by using Getty Illustrations or photos
Easter bonnets on parade at a fashion demonstrate, sponsored by textile and fashion stores in Harlem, New York, in 1965.
1977
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The winners of the 1977 Easter Bonnet Parade in Newcastle, England.
1981
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A lady displays her hat at the 1981 Easter parade on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
1981
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Dolores Edmund reveals off her lace and floral hat on Fifth Avenue all through the Easter parade in 1981.
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