Can you identify this vacation destination (c 1950)?

November 3, 2013 12:00 PM

Back in the '50s my Mom took a trip with her friends to this tropical island somewhere in the Caribbean. Can anyone help me identify where these pictures were taken? Link to the gallery here.
posted by alball to Travel & Transportation (7 answers total)

Having spent a fair amount of time on a lot of Caribbean islands, I was going to guess Jamaica until I saw the buildings. I'd guess Puerto Rico from the mountains and the architecture. Great pix, btw.
posted by kinetic at 12:16 PM on November 3, 2013

Best answer: Looks like St. Thomas to me. This one looks like an extremely undeveloped Charlotte Amalie.
posted by gatorae at 12:43 PM on November 3, 2013 [1 favorite]

Best answer: On further inspection, it's definitely St. Thomas. On the pictures I linked, you can see the same white building with a red roof on the little peninsula in the harbor, in addition to the same hill at the far end.
posted by gatorae at 12:45 PM on November 3, 2013

Best answer: Definitely St. Thomas. This beach matches the one in your picture, with little lumpy islands off to the left.
posted by cocoagirl at 12:48 PM on November 3, 2013

Yeah, ignore PR. Looks like St. Tihomas.
posted by kinetic at 1:31 PM on November 3, 2013

Best answer: As further confirmation, the third and 14th photos seem to show the Emancipation Garden Post Office, with two US flags flying.
posted by dhartung at 2:22 PM on November 3, 2013

Response by poster: thanks! you guys are awesome!
posted by alball at 6:56 PM on November 3, 2013 [1 favorite]