The song Raspberry Beret, by Prince, came on the radio this morning and I was still humming the funky tune several hours later while taking pictures of this raspberry button from the 1930's. It's a Bakelite button with carved details that deserve a close inspection. A checkered design goes to the extreme with frilly etchings across every other cut square on this juicy maroon masterpiece. Brightly sunlit here in the noonday heat, this seductive button is about as captivating as the lady in Prince's provocative pop jam...
She wore a
Raspberry beret,
The kind you find in a secondhand store.
Raspberry beret
And if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more.
Raspberry beret,
I think I love her.
-Sherbert McGee
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