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Bethel Alaska Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - White Logo

Bethel Alaska Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - White Logo

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The Bethel tank, for the town that is where the river is the road. Lightweight Airlume cotton jersey with the Bethel vintage retro logo on the chest in white, for the hottest months of the year.

The tank is the summer Bethel piece: light enough for the trail, the boat and the porch, cut in a retail unisex fit that runs true to size. Order it before the warm weather does the deciding for you.

This unisex jersey tank is made from lightweight Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton with a retail fit, side-seam construction, self-fabric binding, and a tear-away label. It runs true to size for adults. Solid colors are 100% cotton; select heather/prism shades may include cotton–poly or cotton–poly–rayon blends.

The Yup’ik village of Mamterilleq, Place of the Smokehouse, stood on the lower Kuskokwim long before the Moravian mission of 1885 gave the town its name. A trading post, a post office in 1905 and a wartime airfield in 1942 followed, and the city incorporated in 1957.

KYUK signed on in 1971 as the first Native-owned public radio station in the United States, the Kuskokwim 300 sled-dog race has run since 1980, and the cultural center is built on the form of a traditional qasgiq. Off the road system in one of the world’s largest river deltas, the frozen Kuskokwim becomes the winter highway. The heart of the delta is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — BETHEL AK COTTON JERSEY TANK

Town: Bethel, Alaska

Founded: Mission 1885; city 1957

Known for: Hub of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta; KYUK, the first Native-owned radio station (1971); the Kuskokwim 300; reached only by air and river

Art: Bethel vintage retro logo, white (printed)

Blank: Unisex jersey tank, retail fit, side-seamed, self-fabric binding

Fabric: Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton; solids 100% cotton, heather/prism shades blended

Label: Tear-away

Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL

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Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

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How do I care for my item?

Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

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The name Bethel arrived in 1885, when Moravian missionaries — among them the Weinlands and the Kilbucks — established a mission on the river and gave it the Biblical name meaning "House of God." A trading post of the Alaska Commercial Company had already drawn business to the same bend of the Kuskokwim. The mission brought a church, a school, and a written form of the Yup'ik language; it settled alongside the Yup'ik world rather than replacing it. For well over a century the two have been interwoven here, and the delta has remained, throughout, Yup'ik ground.

Winter brings the other thing Bethel is known for. The Kuskokwim 300 — the "K300" — has run nearly every January since 1980: a roughly three-hundred-mile sled-dog race that loops up the frozen river from Bethel to Aniak and back, commemorating the old mail trail that once tied the river villages to the outside world. It was founded just as snowmachines were replacing the dog teams locals had long relied on, and it is now widely regarded as one of the toughest mid-distance races in the sport, drawing top mushers north into some of the hardest weather anywhere. Around it has grown a whole winter calendar of delta races — the Bogus Creek 150, the Akiak Dash, and more. In Yukon-Kuskokwim country, where dog teams once did the work the snowmachine does now, the K300 keeps the tradition running.

Why People Visit Bethel

People come to Bethel for the real thing: a remote, fly-in delta town that is the heart of Yup'ik western Alaska, where the Kuskokwim is the main road and the seasons set the pace. It rewards travelers who want the far north on its own terms — river, tundra, the long northern light, and a community that has lived well here for generations.

Bethel Alaska Merlin Classics retro logo — distressed bear and Alaska Territory Est. 1959