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King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, circa 1920s |
Virtual Photography Exhibits on the Internet
and the e-Store is Setup for Purchasing
The St. Croix Landmarks Society is pleased to announce that three photograph exhibits will be posted on the Landmarks website at www.stcroixlandmarks.org.
The First Exhibit will feature artwork of the 1800s. Four artists will be featured, Reverend Henry Morton whose drawings and water colors of St. Croix were done in 1844 and 1845; Dr. Allen Voorhees Lesley whose drawings of St. Croix and St. Thomas were created in 1856; William Clark's "Ten Views of the Island of Antigua," which depict the Sugar Making Process in the late 1800s, and 12 water colors of St. Croix Landscapes, Flora and Fauna done in 1832 by an unknown artist. These four collections are the unique properties of the St. Croix Landmarks Society purchased and /or donated to the Society by generous patrons in the past.
The Second Exhibit consists of over 1,000 photographs taken by the local photographer Axel Ovesen in the first half of the 20th century. Born in Denmark, Axel Ovesen was stationed in St. Croix in 1904. When law enforcement was transferred from the Danish Military to the local Militia, Axel Ovesen opted to make St. Croix his permanent home. Landmarks is fortunate to have this large collection of his work.
The Third Exhibit focuses on photographs taken in the Caribbean in the period 1880 to 1920. There are five collections in the third exhibit. The first is a collection of over 250 photographs donated to the Landmarks Society by the family of Captain A. J. Blackwood. Half of the photographs are specific to St. Croix, while the other half were taken in other Caribbean Locations and South America. All are from the period 1880 to 1900. The second collection consists of two photograph albums donated to the Landmarks Society Library in 1983, by Rachel Armstrong Colby. It is unknown how Ms. Colby came to acquire the albums, but they are the vacation memories of W. H. Denjing and his traveling companions taken on two excursions to the Windward Islands in 1901 and again in 1912. Some of the photographs from the 300 photograph album of the 1901 trip include pictures taken on a previous trip in 1889. All the photographs are dated and identified, which is a rare occurrence in most collections. This exhibit also includes photographs from the Howard Jackson Collection (circa late 1800s), the R. H. Amphlett Leader Collection (circa 1900 to 1920), and the McWilliams Family Collection.
In addition to these Virtual Photograph Exhibits, the Landmarks Library & Archives will be launching an Internet Vintage Photograph Store. All the photographs and prints will be available in this eStore!
To view or purchase photographs from the Virtual Exhibits, go to the St. Croix Landmarks Society website at www.stcroixlandmarks.org and click on Library & Archives to navigate to the Virtual Exhibits and the eStore. All proceeds from the sale of photographs will be used by the Landmarks Society to pay for the continuing maintenance and operation of the Landmarks Library and Archives. |
