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Norwalk Connecticut Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

Norwalk Connecticut Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

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This is our retro Norwalk, Connecticut 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.

Roger Ludlow bought Norwalk from the Norwalke people in 1640 and the town was incorporated in 1651. General Tryon burned it on July 11, 1779, the same raid that burned Fairfield, and the city rebuilt on its harbor: by the mid-1800s more than thirty hat factories made it the Hat City of America, and its oyster beds supplied New York.

The 1864 Lockwood-Mathews Mansion is one of the earliest Second Empire country houses in the country, the brick South Norwalk waterfront has become SoNo, and the 1868 Sheffield Island Light still stands offshore among the Norwalk Islands. The Maritime Aquarium anchors the harbor today. The mark on this piece is that harbor.

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 — NORWALK CT WASHED COTTON CAP — CHARCOAL LOGO

Town: Norwalk, Connecticut

Founded: Settled 1640; incorporated 1651

Known for: Hat City of America; Lockwood-Mathews Mansion (1864); the Maritime Aquarium; SoNo

Art: Norwalk 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.

How do I send a gift?

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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All Norwalk Connecticut Items

So Norwalk gathers a 1640 purchase and an honest name, a burned and rebuilt green, the first American derby, a pre-Vanderbilt mansion, three lighthouses, a string of islands, and the oyster beds that fed New York — and our Norwalk designs gather that into wearable form. Whether Norwalk is your hometown, your harbor, your SoNo years, or the town you still come back to, wear the history. On the half shell from the beginning — on Norwalk Harbor since 1640.

Offshore, the low string of the Norwalk Islands — Sheffield, Chimon, Cockenoe and their neighbors — shelters the harbor, and Sheffield Island Lighthouse has stood at the entrance since 1868, joined later by the Peck Ledge and Greens Ledge lights — three lighthouses for one harbor; a seasonal ferry still runs out to Sheffield Island, past the working oyster boats and the summer moorings.

Why People Visit Norwalk Connecticut

Norwalk offers an authentic working harbor, one of America's earliest Gilded Age mansions, a major aquarium, an annual oyster festival, an offshore island ferry to an 1868 lighthouse, and a nineteenth-century industrial waterfront reborn as a historic district. Visitors come for the SoNo galleries and restaurants, the Maritime Aquarium with its harbor seals and Sound-habitat exhibits, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion and its preserved Second Empire interiors, the September Oyster Festival, the Sheffield Island ferry, and the simple shoreline pleasures of Calf Pasture Beach. It is a Connecticut shoreline city built on the harbor, the hat, and the oyster, with all three still visible if you know where to look.

Norwalk Connecticut Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring Connecticut shoreline oyster shell motif