• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

🌺 Virgin Islands History

Vintage Stories from the Virgin Islands

MENUMENU
  • 🛒SHOP NOW
  • BLOG
  • 🇺🇸US VIRGIN ISLANDS
    • St. Thomas 🇺🇸
      • Creque Family Stories
    • St. Croix 🇺🇸
    • St. John 🇺🇸
    • Maritime History ⚓️
  • 🇩🇰DANISH WEST INDIES
    • Hassel Island, DWI
      • Creque Marine Railway History
      • Creque Family History
    • St. Thomas 🇩🇰
    • St. Croix 🇩🇰
    • St. Jan 🇩🇰
    • Maritime History ⚓️
  • 🇻🇬BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
    • Anegada
    • Tortola
    • Norman Island ☠️
    • Peter Island
    • Salt Island
    • Jost van Dyke
    • Virgin Gorda
    • Maritime History ⚓️
  • WORK WITH ME
    • CONTACT
      • 📕 RESOURCES
      • Mystery Photos
  • SHOP AT AMAZON
  • 📚 BECOME ONE OF OUR BOOK RETAILERS
  • My Books 📚

Visitors

Golfing the Year Round in the Virgin Islands ~ 1951

Golfing in the US Virgin Islands

Do you ever wonder when the sport of golf was popularized in the Virgin Islands? Here’s an interesting article written by Leon A. Mawson in 1951. Golfing the Year Round By Leon A. Mawson “Hi, Golfers! Of the many and varied sports which are being promoted in the Virgin Islands for the recreation and enjoyment of visitors, […]

St. Thomas, One of the Most Beautiful Spots in the World ~ 1905

st thomas in color three hills

The island of St. Thomas was my childhood home. When I came across this wonderful description of it, by Rutherford Corbin, I thought I would share it with you. St. Thomas, One of the Most Beautiful Spots “St. Thomas is one of the most beautiful spots in the world! Its harbor town of Charlotte Amalia is built across […]

Africa Arise, An Inspirational Poem by Charles A. Emanuel ~ 1912

Our New Virgin Islands

The following poem was found in a little book called,  A Souvenir by Charles A. Emanuel from St. Thomas. ~ 1912 There are so many wonderful poems written long ago about the Virgin Islands. I love discovering them and sharing them here on the blog. Africa Arise By Charles A. Emanuel  Africa arise! The dawn […]

11 Different Uses for St. Johns Bay Rum ~ 1917

st johns bay rum in the Virgin Islandss

Different Uses for St. Johns Bay Rum According to this old advertisement, St. Johns Bay Rum was a popular remedy for everything! It was used as fragrant toilet water, hair lotion, shampoo, shaving disinfectant, an invigorator, a headache cure, for rheumatism, dyspepsia, heartburn, protection against mosquitoes, and as a remedy for seasickness! To learn more about […]

Where Denmark’s Son’s are Sleeping, A Peom by C.M. Conrad ~ 1922

Where Denmark’s Son’s are Sleeping By C.M. Conrad The western sun is sinking low in clouds of gold and crimson, The evening shadows lengthen In the little churchyard, where awhile I linger, memories creeping From out the past, that haunts the isle Where Denmark’s sons are sleeping. Sad memories, yet sweet withal, Of those kind […]

Carnival Time in the Virgin islands ~ 1958

Carnival Time Carnival time is a festive time in the Virgin islands! Thousands visit the islands to celebrate its history and culture partaking in food fairs, fun festivities, parades, and parties. This vintage postcard captured a fun moment during the parade in 1958. It had only been six years since Carnival became an annual celebration, […]

Saint Thomas, A Poem by Edwin W. Pope ~ 1920s

Beautiful Painting by Riis Carstensen of St. Thomas, Danish West Indies

Saint Thomas A beautiful poem By Edwin W. Pope In the center of these, our Antilles Ever fanned by the ocean’s cooling breeze, There rises a green isle from the sea; The Cross in America’s Rosary. 🌊 There do the sirens sing their lay: There do the dolphins sport and play, There is an amphitheater […]

A Haunting Experience Above Creque’s Alley #3 in St. Thomas

Creque's Alley, St. Thomas, USVI

Creque’s Alley Number 3 This alley, located in St. Thomas, was said to be haunted during the 1930s. 👻 My grandmother lived upstairs with her husband and told us many years later of the sounds she used to hear. It was a private alley and no one but the family really used it. On several […]

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Hi, I’m Valerie, Welcome!

LOOK INSIDE NOW!

My Book is Available NOW!

Front cover of book
Wholesale orders available!

Search here 🔎

Not on Any Map

Choose a Category 🔎

Pin with me & 12,000 Monthly Viewers!

Pinterest Photos of the Virgin Islands

Silver bracelet

Before our time, an oral history of st john, us virgin islands, dansk vestindien, danish west indies

Copyright © 2015 - 2025 Vintage Virgin Islands, Ltd.  All Rights Reserved.  Privacy Policy

Reproduction, Reuse, Distribution or Publication of any images or content without written permission is Prohibited.