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Gainesville Florida Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

Gainesville Florida Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

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This is our retro Gainesville, Florida logo, printed in weathered charcoal on a retro vintage washed cap — an unstructured cotton dad hat that looks broken in from the day it arrives. The charcoal carries a faint wavering tone and a light speckle, so the print reads like it has been in the sun as long as the cap has.

One size fits most, so it is an easy gift to get right: no size to guess, only the town. Each cap is made to order. Hand wash cold and air dry, and keep it out of the dryer.

Gainesville was chosen as the Alachua County seat at a picnic at Boulware Springs in 1853, laid out on Black Oak Ridge in 1854 and named for General Edmund Gaines of the Second Seminole War. The Florida Railroad reached it in 1859, and the East Florida Seminary, forerunner of the university, moved here in 1866.

Paynes Prairie, Florida’s first state preserve since 1971, is 23,000 acres of wild bison, free-roaming horses and alligators an hour from a research lab, and the Devil’s Millhopper sinkhole drops 120 feet into its own rainforest. The 1911 Hippodrome and the Duckpond’s live oaks anchor downtown. Real Florida is the mark on this piece.

The cap is 8.5 oz 100% cotton twill, enzyme washed and heavily brushed for a soft hand, with an unstructured six-panel crown, a mid-profile fit and a curved bill. A self-fabric strapback with a metal slider adjusts the fit and tucks away, and a self-fabric sweatband lines the inside. It is garment dyed with OEKO-TEX certified low-impact dyes, so every cap's color varies slightly — washed here means faded color and a weathered print, not distressed or frayed.


QUICK FACTS — GAINESVILLE FL WASHED COTTON CAP — CHARCOAL LOGO

Town: Gainesville, Florida

Founded: 1854; incorporated 1869

Known for: Paynes Prairie Preserve, Florida’s first state preserve; the Devil’s Millhopper; the Duckpond historic district

Art: Gainesville vintage retro logo, charcoal (printed)

Blank: unstructured six-panel cap, mid profile, curved bill, metal slider

Fabric: 8.5 oz 100% cotton twill, enzyme washed, garment dyed

Care: hand wash cold, air dry

Colors: 10 offered

Sizes: Adjustable

Made to order in the USA



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Product FAQs

How does your sizing work?

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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Enter the recipient's address as the shipping address and your own as the billing address at checkout. Nothing ships with a price; the package includes a plain packing slip. Tracking goes to your email, not theirs. For birthdays and holidays, order two weeks ahead to be safe.

What's the return policy?

Made-to-order items can't be returned or exchanged for size or color, so please use the size chart and photos before ordering. If anything arrives defective, misprinted or damaged, send a photo and your order number within 30 days and we'll replace it or refund you.

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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Gainesville is where the prairie still runs wild — a North-Central Florida city where you can watch wild bison and free-roaming horses graze a 21,000-acre savanna an hour after walking out of a research lab. The seat of Alachua County since 1854, it grew from a railroad market town on the old cotton frontier into one of America's great college towns, wrapped around Florida's first state preserve and pocked with karst springs and sinkholes that keep the wild close. Live oaks, Spanish moss, black water and green shade: this is real Florida, the interior kind, and Gainesville has never let it go.

The Civil War came to the square itself. On August 17, 1864, Captain J. J. Dickison's Florida cavalry surprised a Union raiding force at the town's main crossing and routed it in a brisk, close fight — Gainesville stayed in Confederate hands for the rest of the war. Peace brought the East Florida Seminary in 1866, brick rebuilding after the fires of the 1880s, phosphate and citrus money, and a city charter in 1907. The year before, the University of Florida had moved to town — the decision that would shape the next century, turning the courthouse-square market town into North-Central Florida's center of learning, medicine, and research.

Why People Visit Gainesville Florida

Gainesville blends wild Florida and a working college town. Visitors come for the prairie and the springs, the sinkhole country, the historic district's porches and oaks, and a downtown anchored by the Hippodrome's marquee. It is shaded, walkable, and rooted in place — North-Central Florida at its most genuine, with the real Florida outside the city limits and a century of college-town culture inside them.

Gainesville Florida Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring North-Central Florida heritage motifs