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• libraryofcongress
• 1941
• jackdelano
• stthomas
• saintcroix
• stcroix
• charlotteamalie
• christiansted
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• saintthomas
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• houses
• unitedstatesvirginislands
• caribbean
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• hats
• house
• building
• farmer
• frederiksted

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• The Library of Congress 63 photos & illustrations
• New York Public Library 2 photos & illustrations
• British Library 2 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 1 photo / illustration

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Farm Security Administration borrower, vicinity of Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• In Memoriam: budderflyman said:

  The notes on the photo are annoying and irreverant. You should set the Flickr account to No Notes. There is no reason to have them and most of the notes are useless.

The harbor, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• tropicvi said:

  Estate Richmond, west of Christiansted, land left background is now gated community of Judith's Fancy. Very left frame is Estate Little Princess.

St. Thomas -- Charlotte Amalie & Harbor (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 1 older comment, and then…
• Seuss. said:

  Compare with this pic from a different collection.

• B-59 said:

  This photo is depicted in The Sun and New York press., July 30, 1916, SECTION 5 SPECIAL FEATURE SUPPLEMENT, Image 49 with article "DANISH ISLES FOR UNCLE SAM" (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030430/1916-07-30/ed-...). The United States purchased St. Thomas (along with Saint John and Saint Croix) in 1917 for $25 million in gold, as part of a defensive strategy to maintain control over the Caribbean and the Panama Canal during the First World War. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands

• B-59 said:

  Recent view: www.flickr.com/photos/amanderson/533339289/ www.flickr.com/photos/rangerrick/8492852964/

• The Library of Congress said:

  B-59 and Seuss: Thanks for providing more info and related pictures taken from the same point around "Blackbeard's Castle." To see more of the town in color in 1941, here are a few photos from LOC's Farm Security Collection, www.flickr.com/search/?q=charlotte+amalie+color&ss=0&.... -- Helena (LOC)

• The Library of Congress said:

  All the Charlotte Amalie photos in this set, www.flickr.com/search/?q=charlotte+amalie+st.+Thomas+bain...