Pinback button for Vernon's Jerk Paradise Restaurant: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button advertising Vernon's Jerk Paradise Restaurant. The button has a yellow background with black ink details. Text at the top of the button reads [Vernon's Jerk Paradise Restaurant / 252 W. 29th St., N.Y. Tel. 268-7020]. At center, there is an image of a beach in Jamaica. Text at the bottom reads [The Best Jerk In The U.S.A.]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2002
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 3/8 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 1 cm)
• Cultural Place: Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Cooking and dining
• Topic: Foodways
• Object number: 2013.68.132
• 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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