St. Thomas, VIRGIN ISLANDS - Birdseye - 1938

Description

St. Thomas, VIRGIN ISLANDS - Birdseye - 1938: Saint Thomas (Spanish: Santo Tomás; Dutch: Sint-Thomas; Danish: Sankt Thomas) is an island in the Caribbean Sea and, together with St. John and Water Island, forms a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie. As of the 2010 census, the population of Saint Thomas was 51,634 about 48.5% of the US Virgin Islands total. The district has a land area of 31.24 square miles (80.9 km2). The Dutch West India Company established a post on Saint Thomas in 1657. The first congregation was the St. Thomas Reformed Church, which was established in 1660 and was associated with the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1917, St. Thomas was purchased (along with Saint John and Saint Croix) by the United States for million in gold, as part of a defensive strategy to maintain control over the Caribbean and the Panama Canal during the First World War. The transfer occurred on March 31, 1917. This White Border Era postcard, Mailed in 1938, is in good condition, but there is franking on the image. Maison Daicise. St Thomas, VI. No. 2650.