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Tyler Texas Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

Tyler Texas Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

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This is our retro Tyler, 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.

The Texas Legislature established Tyler on April 11, 1846, as the seat of Smith County, named for President John Tyler, and it incorporated in 1850. When the peach crop failed, the East Texas town planted roses, and the East Texas oil discovery of 1930 paid for the rest.

The Municipal Rose Garden is the oldest and largest in the nation, fourteen acres and more than 38,000 bushes, the Texas Rose Festival has crowned a queen every October since 1933, and ten miles of brick streets in the Azalea District erupt every spring. The Rose Capital in the Piney Woods 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 — TYLER TX WASHED COTTON CAP — CHARCOAL LOGO

Town: Tyler, Texas

Founded: April 11, 1846; incorporated 1850

Known for: The Rose Capital of America; the nation’s largest municipal rose garden; the Texas Rose Festival since 1933; the Azalea District

Art: Tyler 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.

The Tyler area was long the homeland of the Caddo people. The town itself was laid out in 1846 as the seat of the new Smith County, named for President John Tyler, the advocate of Texas annexation, and incorporated in 1850. Early Tyler lived on cotton, cattle, and peaches, trading along wagon roads and, soon, the railroad. When the peach crop failed in the early twentieth century, growers turned to roses; the first azaleas went into the neighborhoods in 1929, and within a generation the rose and nursery trade had become the thing the town was known for. When East Texas oil arrived in 1930, Tyler became an oil-administration center too — but it was the roses that gave the town its name.

Today Tyler pairs the rose and nursery trade with a regional medical district, two colleges, and shaded historic neighborhoods. Its story runs from a Caddo homeland through a frontier county seat, a failed peach crop, and the rose gamble that gave the town its name. Our Tyler designs gather that identity into wearable form — the Rose Capital, the garden, the spring bloom. From a failed peach crop to America's rose capital, wear a little of Tyler's East Texas bloom.

Why People Visit Tyler Texas

People come to Tyler for the blooms — the largest rose garden in America, the October Rose Festival, the spring azalea streets — and find a friendly East Texas city of historic homes, pine-forest lakes, and easy days. Garden and flower lovers make it a pilgrimage; festival and heritage travelers time their trips to the two bloom seasons; and the Piney Woods keep the weekends green the rest of the year.

Tyler Texas Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring a Texas longhorn and Lone Star above Texas Republic Est. 1845