Main Street Caption on the back of this photograph reads… 👀 Practically a free port, foreign made articles like French perfumes, Scotch whiskey, English brushes, cameras and toilet articles can be had at bargain prices. If you collect old photographs of the Virgin Islands, ebay.com is a great resource. Shop VI history! SaveSave
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Movie Day on Main Street ~ 1963
Movie Day 🎬 Headlining at the Cinema Theatre was The Victors produced by Carl Foreman. Movie posters promised=> “The six most exciting women in the world… in the most explosive entertainment ever made!”. Editorial Review An epic and unusual anti-war drama about WWII, writer-director Carl Foreman’s heavily ironic saga is loosely based on the novel, The Human […]
Listen To a Little Calypso Music From the Virgin Islands ~ 1957
Listen to a little of the record below. 🎶 Calypso Music Calypso music and the production of island records became quite popular in the islands during the heyday of the 1950s. The style of music originated in Trinidad and Tobago with African and European roots. This highly rhythmic and harmonic sound drew upon these influences […]
Rare Painting of Charlotte Amalie Harbor Up for Sale ~ 1927
Beautiful Painting by Caroc Up for sale, this week is a very special work of art created by the artist, Caroc in 1929. It is a one of kind creation that was purchased by the West Indies Corporation and donated to the East Asiatic Company to honor the anniversary of its founding, March 27, 1897. […]
Have You Seen These Pretty Paintings?
These beautiful paintings are currently up for auction! Cecile Ryden Johnson They were created by artist, Cecile Ryden Johnson, an internationally recognized watercolorist. 👩🏼🎨 She preferred the “open air” style of painting, working in natural settings directly from nature. These beautiful watercolors captured the holiday spirit at Caneel Bay, busy downtown St. Thomas, a panoramic […]
Unusual Padlock Up For Auction! ~ 1930
Padlock Up for auction is an unusual padlock from St. Thomas. 🔓 It has a brass coated front and several personal notations: Winter Cruise 4-13-30, US Aircraft Carrier, Lexington Among my souvenirs, obtained from the City Jail, St. Thomas V.I., Fred, Teddy and others. Rear inscription reads, “To my good friend Bob…“. Lock was made by […]
Who is this Mystery Woman?
Who is this Mystery Woman? This image of a woman from the US Virgin Islands is part of a special collection found at the New York Public Library. 🔎 German-born artist and graphic designer, Winold Reiss created this drawing along with many other portraits. It was probably drawn sometime in the mid-1920s or 1930s. Winold […]
10 Scenic Views of St. Thomas ~ 1930s
Scenic Views of St. Thomas 🔭 Saint Thomas At mention of thy famous name, O Island of the Sea! I feel again I have a claim Within thy boundary. I live again the vivid scene Of childhood’s fitful hour, An thou’rt always so serene, My fabled Iv’ry tower! What heart-pangs I have known beneath The blossoms […]