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San Antonio Texas Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

San Antonio Texas Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

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This is our retro San Antonio, Texas 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.

Spanish friars founded a mission and a presidio on the San Antonio River in May 1718, and by 1731, when Canary Islanders established the first civil town in Texas, five missions stood along the water; they are now a World Heritage Site, the largest such concentration in North America. San Fernando Cathedral dates to 1738.

Robert Hugman’s River Walk of the 1930s follows the spring-fed river through downtown at the southern edge of the Hill Country, the Alamo keeps its 1718 mission walls, and German immigrants and the cattle and rail boom of the 1800s built the rest. Three centuries of Texas soul are 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 — SAN ANTONIO TX WASHED COTTON CAP — CHARCOAL LOGO

Town: San Antonio, Texas

Founded: 1718; civil town 1731; chartered 1837

Known for: The cradle of Texas; five Spanish colonial missions (World Heritage Site); the River Walk; the 1738 San Fernando Cathedral

Art: San Antonio 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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What's with Jovita Idar? San Antonio's story keeps adding voices, and one of them is hers. Born in Laredo in 1885, she trained as a schoolteacher, then turned to journalism, writing for her family's Spanish-language newspaper La Crónica on the education and rights of Mexican Americans in Texas. In 1911 she helped found the Liga Femenil Mexicanista, one of the earliest Mexican American women's organizations in the state; in 1914, when Texas Rangers came to shut down the newspaper El Progreso, she stood in the doorway and turned them back. Idar moved to San Antonio in 1917 and gave the city the rest of her working life: a free kindergarten, interpreting for Spanish-speaking hospital patients, editing El Heraldo Cristiano. In 2023 the United States Mint honored her on a quarter in the American Women Quarters Program, her figure framed by the mastheads of the papers she wrote for.

The missions came first, but the town proper came in 1731, when fifty-six colonists from the Canary Islands — sent across the Atlantic by the Spanish crown — laid out San Fernando de Béxar around a central plaza and began the church that became San Fernando Cathedral. It was the first organized civil town in Texas, and their plaza is still the heart of downtown. For the next century San Antonio was the most important town between the Rio Grande and the Louisiana line — the capital of Spanish, and then Mexican, Texas.

Why People Visit San Antonio

People come to San Antonio for the River Walk and the Alamo, but the city rewards anyone who follows the older thread: a chain of five Spanish missions along a quiet river, a downtown laid out by Canary Island colonists in 1731, and a Tejano culture you can hear in the music and taste in the food. It's warm, walkable, and layered — three centuries of South Texas history sitting right alongside the modern city.

San Antonio Texas Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring a Texas longhorn and Lone Star over Texas Republic Est. 1845