Pinback button for Vernon's Jerk Paradise Restaurant
date: label: Date
content: 2002
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Foodways
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.68.132
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 3/8 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 1 cm)