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Key West Florida Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - White Logo

Key West Florida Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - White Logo

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The Key West tank, for the town that is Mile Marker 0. Lightweight Airlume cotton jersey with the Key West vintage retro logo on the chest in white, for the hottest months of the year.

The tank is the summer Key West 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.

Built to hold its shape: a lightweight unisex tank in Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton jersey with side seams and self-fabric binding. Retail fit, true to size for adults, tear-away label. Solids are 100% cotton; select heather/prism shades may include cotton–poly or cotton–poly–rayon blends.

The Spanish charted Cayo Hueso, Bone Island, in 1521; John Simonton bought it in 1822 and the Navy raised the flag the same year. By the 1830s the wreckers salvaging the reef had made it the wealthiest city per capita in the United States, and the cigar boom that began in 1868 lasted until the great fire of 1886 sent the industry to Tampa.

Flagler’s Overseas Railroad arrived in 1912 and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane destroyed it; the Overseas Highway opened in 1938. Hemingway wrote at 907 Whitehead Street from 1931 to 1939, Truman kept his Little White House, and the Conch Republic sits ninety miles from Cuba at the end of U.S. 1. Mile Marker 0 is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — KEY WEST FL COTTON JERSEY TANK

Town: Key West, Florida

Founded: 1822

Known for: Southernmost city in the continental U.S.; Mile Marker 0; the Conch Republic; Hemingway’s house; the wreckers’ boomtown

Art: Key West 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

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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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.

For its first decades Key West got rich off disaster. Ships ran aground on the coral reef offshore with such regularity that salvaging the wrecks — "wrecking" — became a licensed, court-supervised industry, and the men who hauled cargo off the reefs made the town, by the 1830s, the wealthiest city per capita in the United States. Salt ponds, sponging, and sea-turtling followed. Those fortunes built the first grand houses of Old Town and gave Key West a worldly, seafaring character it never lost.

Key West is Mile Marker 0 — the end of the road and the start of the Conch Republic, the southernmost city in the country, ninety miles from Cuba, where the wreckers got rich off the reef and the sunset is a nightly event. Our Key West designs gather that into wearable form. Wear the Conch Republic. Wear Mile Marker 0. One Human Family.

Why People Visit Key West

Key West rewards travelers who want history, water, and a freewheeling island culture rather than only a beach — the Southernmost Point, the Conch Republic, the literary and presidential houses, and a compact Old Town you can walk end to end. People come for the sunset at Mallory Square and the bars of Duval, for the Hemingway and Truman landmarks and the wrecking-era treasure, and for an easygoing day at Mile Marker 0 where the Overseas Highway, and the country, finally run out of road.

Key West Florida Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the Florida alligator and Florida Territory Est. 1845