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

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• libraryofcongress
• 1941
• jackdelano
• stthomas
• saintcroix
• stcroix
• charlotteamalie
• christiansted
• clouds
• usvi
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• usvirginislands
• saintthomas
• sky
• houses
• unitedstatesvirginislands
• caribbean
• ship
• 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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Part of the harbor, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• tropicvi said:

  Estate Little Princess, now home of Nature Conservancy on St Croix

• edc1951 said:

  This looks more like Richmond from Beeston Hill. Little Princess did not have that stack. It was at the electric company. Also the reef looks too far out to be Little Princess.

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 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 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

• 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:

  That Sun article uses 6 of the 9 Bain shots. Caption on this one: "Charlotte Amalie, only town of consequence in thenislands."