Pinback button for the Virgin Islands: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white pinback button with blue and organ design. The text on the button reads [Try a Virgin Island / St. Croix / St. John / St. Thomas]. The [V] has an orange sun atop it. The back of the button has a blue paper and a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1950-1990
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 1/16 × 3 3/16 × 3/8 in. (7.8 × 8 × 1 cm)
• Place depicted: Virgin Islands of the United States, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Travel
• Object number: 2013.68.18
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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