Virgin Islands History by Valerie Sims
Virgin Islands History and Culture in Photographs
One of my Favorite Christmas Presents
Flip-Pal Scanner One of my favorite Christmas gifts has lasted the test of time! 💻 It’s a little battery-operated device called the Flip Pal Scanner. Have you heard of it? As a family historian, I’ve been collecting and sorting photographs for years and being able to take this with me wherever I travel is […]
Sun, Sand and Murder Mystery Book by John Keyse-Walker
Here’s a new book set in the tiny island of our ancestors, Anegada. Thanks to Sophie Schiller, author of Transfer Day and Race to Tibet for telling me about it. It’s received rave reviews! Below is a small anecdote with links to amazon to learn more. Sun, Sand and Murder Mystery As a Special Constable, […]
A Leisurely Look at Main Street ~ 1940
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
Danish West Indies Satirical Lithograph for Sale ~ 1901
Lithograph This double-page image from Judge magazine satirizes American politics in the wake of the Spanish-American War. 🇩🇰 It centers on a stare-down between the United States as a big turkey and a small duck with bristled hair and a furrowed brow, representing the Philippines. Treaty of Paris In 1898, the Treaty of Paris gave […]
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 […]
Charles Hawes Paints Some of the Prettiest Paintings of St. Croix!
Charles Hawes Artists have found the beauty of the Virgin Islands captivating since the beginning of time. ⛱ Charles Hawes, a talented artist from West Virginia, fell in love with the scenic vistas while on vacation in 1964. A Deep Love for the Islands The following year, he moved to St. Croix where he began […]
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. […]
The Marriage of Opposites Book by Alice Hoffman
The Marriage of Opposites From the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers and The Museum of Extraordinary Things comes a forbidden love story. It is set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to the painter, Camille Pissarro—the Father of Impressionism. Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas […]
Fireburn Book by Apple Gidley
Fireburn Book There’s a new book available about one of the most horrific events that took place on the island of St. Croix. Here’s an interesting excerpt from the book. The Danish-owned island of Saint Croix (1870s) vibrates with passion and tension as Anna Clausen, a young Anglo-Danish woman, returns to her childhood home after her mother’s […]