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Margie Creque 🌺 Family Story: True or Not? Have you ever been told a fascinating story about a member of […]
Read MoreCreque’s Alley Number 3 This alley, located in St. Thomas, was said to be haunted during the 1930s. 👻 My […]
Read MoreThe American Red Cross Society Did you know that the American Red Cross has been working in the Virgin Islands […]
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving from our family, past, and present. ❤ Thanksgiving for Little Joys 1921 Dear God, from my small world […]
Read MoreArmistice Day “On that grey, November morning when the news flashed around the world that war had ceased, humanity gave […]
Read MoreThe Virgin Islands in Old Photographs This is a wonderful video posted by Etienne A. Gibbs with old photographs collected […]
Read MoreThe Virgin Isle Hotel In 1950, when the Virgin Isle Hotel opened for the first time, it was the talk […]
Read MoreThe History of Creque’s Alley Did you know that Creque’s Alley was named for the Main Street merchant, Henry O. […]
Read MoreIra Harrington Smith Have you heard of the artist, Ira Harrington Smith? Ira was a very talented painter whose prized […]
Read MoreThe National Flower of the US Virgin Islands The Yellow Cedar is the National flower of the US Virgin Islands. […]
Read MoreJim Tillet Are you familiar with the unique batik prints created by the artist, Jim Tillet? He made one-of-a-kind batik […]
Read MoreMarket Square, US Virgin Islands © Smithsonian American Art Museum I love discovering artwork from the Virgin Islands, especially unique […]
Read MoreThe Tramway Cablecars The Tramway was the Caribbean’s biggest attraction when it opened in the 1960s in St. Thomas. This […]
Read MoreTortola Sloops Did you know that the true origins for the design of the Tortola Sloop are a mystery? According […]
Read MoreUncle Sam’s New Virgin Islands Rare glimpses into what the new Virgin Islands was like just after being ceded to […]
Read MoreVisitors have loved the Virgin Islands since they first started arriving on steamers at the turn of the century. Others […]
Read MoreCome Back to the Virgin Isles Bill La Motta was one of the most talented pianists, organists, composers and arrangers from […]
Read MoreCarnival Time The first Carnival celebrations in the Virgin Islands were joyous ones! Both were successes in 1912 and 1914 […]
Read MoreThis is the Life I love finding these vintage postcards from visitors! To see the whole collection click on this […]
Read MoreVisiting the Virgin Islands Here are a few photographs one visitor took while visiting St. Thomas in 1964. To […]
Read MoreThe Romantic Virgin Islands ~ 1956 Redbook Magazine shared a wonderful article about the romantic Virgin Islands in their September […]
Read MoreRuss Elliott Russ Elliott’s paintings can be found in many high-end hotels and estates throughout the world! Known for his murals […]
Read MoreCricket Team For those that love Cricket, this is a fantastic collectible! This photograph of the team was taken at […]
Read MoreHere’s an interesting postcard that captures some of the charm of the islands. 🙂 The Good Ol’ USA “Haiti and […]
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