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Palmer Alaska Vintage Retro Embroidered Cotton Cap - White Logo

Palmer Alaska Vintage Retro Embroidered Cotton Cap - White Logo

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The Palmer cap, for the town that grew out of a New Deal farm colony under the midnight sun. An unstructured cotton dad cap with the Palmer vintage retro logo embroidered on the front in white thread.

The cap is the easiest Palmer piece to wear every day and the easiest to give: one size, breathable cotton, a curved visor and an antique-brass buckle. It softens with wear and stays on the hook by the door. Order one for the beach bag and one for the glovebox.

This unisex dad cap is made from breathable cotton in a low-profile, unstructured 6-panel shape with a Permacurv visor. A self-fabric hideaway strap with antique-brass buckle adjusts the fit, and a matching undervisor and four-row visor stitching add durability. The embroidered finish is classic and vintage-inspired. All colors 100% cotton; camo is 65% polyester / 35% cotton. Because embroidery uses thread (not ink), slight differences from the digital product image are normal and part of the process — see our Embroidery footer for full details.

George Palmer traded in the Matanuska Valley from the 1890s and the railroad siding took his name in 1916. In 1935, under the New Deal, 203 Midwest farm families came north to the Matanuska Colony, lived in a tent city the first summer and drew lots for forty-acre tracts, making Palmer the only Alaskan town born of farming.

The gambrel-roofed colony barns still stand along Farm Loop Road, the Colony House Museum keeps a 1935 home, and the Alaska State Fair has shown the valley’s giant vegetables, grown in glacial silt under nineteen hours of summer daylight, since September 1936. Pioneer Peak stands over it all. Colony-grown is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — PALMER AK EMBROIDERED COTTON CAP

Town: Palmer, Alaska

Founded: Siding 1916; colony 1935; city 1951

Known for: The Matanuska Colony of 1935; the colony barns; the Alaska State Fair since 1936; Pioneer Peak

Art: Palmer vintage retro logo, white (embroidered)

Blank: Unstructured 6-panel low-profile dad cap, Permacurv visor

Fabric: 100% cotton (camo variation 65% polyester / 35% cotton)

Decoration: Front embroidery, white thread; four-row visor stitching, matching undervisor

Closure: Self-fabric hideaway strap, antique-brass buckle

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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.

More From Palmer Alaska

All Palmer Alaska Items

Palmer is Alaska's farm town — a New Deal colony where Midwest families grew cabbages the size of wagon wheels under the midnight sun, in the shadow of Pioneer Peak. Our Palmer designs gather that into wearable form. Wear the Matanuska Colony. Colony-grown under the midnight sun.

What the valley had that nowhere else in Alaska did was light. Through the long summer the sun stays up some nineteen hours a day, and in the rich glacial-silt soil the crops simply do not stop growing. The result is the stuff of legend and of fact both: cabbages the size of wagon wheels and pumpkins that take a forklift. The Alaska State Fair, held in Palmer since 1936, turned that quirk into a tradition, and its giant-vegetable weigh-offs still draw record-breakers and crowds every Labor Day, including a cabbage that topped 138 pounds, among the largest ever grown.

Why People Visit Palmer

Palmer offers something rare in Alaska — real farm country, set against glaciers and peaks. Visitors come for the colony heritage and the State Fair, stay for the Hatcher Pass alpine and the Musk Ox Farm, and leave understanding why this one valley, under all that summer light, became the place Alaska grows its food.

Palmer Alaska Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the Alaska bear and Alaska Territory Est. 1959