virginislands

66 photos and 2 illustrations tagged virginislands, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.

When were these photos & illustrations taken?

1902

2013

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British Library digitised image from page 337 of "The Countries of the World: being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe [With plates.]" from British Library uploaded June 2016
St. Thomas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2014
St. Thomas -- Charlotte Amalie & Harbor (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2014
St. Thomas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2014
Street in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2014
Harbor of St. Thomas' Capital, St. Thomas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2014
St. Thomas, A street in Charlotte Amalie (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2014
St. Thomas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2014
St. Thomas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2014
St. Thomas -- Charlotte Amalie (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2014
British Library digitised image from page 85 of "W. S. W. A voyage in that direction to the West Indies ... With illustrations ... by the author" from British Library uploaded November 2013
Grumman J2F-2A, VMS-3, Virgin Islands, 1940 from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2013
The exploded "scandal" concerning the Danish West Indies is not likely to affect Annexation (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded December 2009
Scenes in the Danish West Indies which the United States Senate decided last week to purchase (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded December 2009
Women selling provisions at Tortola Wharf, St. Thomas, V. I.... from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008

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St. Thomas (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

B-59 said:
This photo (in a cropped version) 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
The Library of Congress said:
All the Charlotte Amalie photos in this set, www.flickr.com/search/?q=charlotte+amalie+st.+Thomas+bain...
Art Siegel said:
The Sun used 6 of the 9 Bain photos, this one with the caption: "Harbor as seen from the Pirate's Castle."

Street in Christiansted, St. Croix? Virgin Islands (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

tropicvi said:
King Street Christiansted, St Croix.
edc1951 said:
Yes, that pink building in right foreground became VI Telephone

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.