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Jacksonville Florida Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

Jacksonville Florida Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

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This is our retro Jacksonville, 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.

Platted in 1822 and named for Andrew Jackson, the city on the north-flowing St. Johns River burned on May 3, 1901, in the largest urban fire the Southeast has seen: 146 blocks and more than 2,300 buildings in a single day, the glow visible from Savannah. Henry John Klutho rebuilt it in Prairie School lines, the largest collection outside the Midwest.

More than thirty silent-film studios made Jacksonville the Winter Film Capital in the 1910s, the 1968 consolidation with Duval County made it the largest city by land area in the contiguous U.S., and its 80,000 acres of parks are the largest urban park system in the nation. River City 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 — JACKSONVILLE FL WASHED COTTON CAP — CHARCOAL LOGO

Town: Jacksonville, Florida

Founded: 1822; chartered 1832

Known for: River City; rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1901; the St. Johns River; the largest urban park system in the U.S.

Art: Jacksonville 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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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.

What’s with the Prairie School? Jacksonville holds one of the largest collections of Prairie School buildings anywhere outside the Midwest — and the reason is fire. Walk through downtown and you find something that shouldn’t be here: the clean horizontal lines, deep eaves, and art-glass of the Prairie School — the Midwest’s modern architecture, the style of the Chicago avant-garde — transplanted onto a north-flowing Southern river. On May 3, 1901, nearly the entire downtown burned — 146 blocks, more than 2,300 buildings, the glow visible in Savannah — the largest urban fire in the southeastern United States. Into the ashes came a young New York architect named Henry John Klutho, who rebuilt the city in straight modern lines: the Laura Street Trio, the Dyal-Upchurch Building, and the St. James Building of 1912 — now City Hall — which stands among the largest Prairie School buildings in the world. River City is the modern Southern city nobody expects.

Bessie Coleman, the first African American and first Native American woman to earn a pilot’s license, came to Jacksonville as the invited star of the 1926 May festival and spoke to the city’s schoolchildren about flight; her 2023 quarter carries the date of her license.

Why People Visit Jacksonville Florida

Jacksonville offers a Prairie School downtown no one expects in the South, a great river running the wrong way to the sea, beaches without the resort crowds, live oaks and marsh preserves, shrimp boats and naval carriers sharing one river mouth, and neighborhoods that kept their bones. Visitors come for the beaches, the river, the architecture, the parks, and the easy room of the biggest city in America. On the St. Johns since 1822.