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 The Danish West-Indies in the Caribbean were sold to the United States of America in 1917 after having carried the Danish flag for 250 years.. The islands are now known as the US Virgin Islands. These postcards are from before Denmark sold the islands.  
 

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'Danish West Indies - St. Thomas - Negro village'

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'Danish West Indies  - St Croix - Field workers'

 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 To the left a Danish soldier in the Danish West Indies in 1910. As a friend he wrote my father in 1910 and enclosed this photo.  

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