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Yosemite California Vintage Retro Cotton Jersey Baby Bodysuit - Black Logo

Yosemite California Vintage Retro Cotton Jersey Baby Bodysuit - Black Logo

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The Yosemite baby bodysuit, for the valley that taught America to save its wild places. Soft fine jersey with the Yosemite vintage retro logo on the front in black, newborn to 24 months.

This is the new-baby gift from the hometown: light, soft, with a snap crotch that makes changes easy and a logo the parents will photograph. Order it as soon as the news arrives; it is the Yosemite piece most often bought for someone else.

Soft, breathable, and easy to change: an infant bodysuit in light 4.5 oz (153 g/m²) fine jersey with a secure snap crotch, ribbed binding, and side seams for durability. Solids are 100% combed ringspun cotton; heather shades include a cotton–polyester blend.

The Ahwahneechee called the valley home for thousands of years before the Mariposa Battalion entered it in 1851. In 1864 President Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant, the first time the federal government set aside scenic land for preservation, John Muir first came in 1868 and argued its glacial origin, and the national park was established on October 1, 1890.

About 748,000 acres of glacier-carved Sierra granite, a World Heritage Site since 1984: Half Dome and El Capitan over the Merced, Yosemite Falls at 2,425 feet, Bridalveil, Vernal and Nevada falls, three giant-sequoia groves and the 1927 Ahwahnee in its granite-and-timber parkitecture. Granite on a scale that stops you cold is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — YOSEMITE CA COTTON JERSEY BABY BODYSUIT

Town: Yosemite, California

Founded: Yosemite Grant 1864; national park Oct 1, 1890

Known for: Half Dome and El Capitan; the 1864 Yosemite Grant, the birth of the park idea; Yosemite Falls; the giant sequoias

Art: Yosemite vintage retro logo, black (printed)

Blank: Unisex infant bodysuit, ribbed binding, side seams, snap crotch

Fabric: 4.5 oz (153 g/m²) fine jersey; solids 100% combed ringspun cotton, heathers cotton–polyester

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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.

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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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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.

Muir's campaign carried it the rest of the way. On October 1, 1890, Congress established Yosemite National Park, wrapping federal protection around the high country surrounding the state-held valley; in 1906 the valley and grove were receded to the federal park, and in 1916 the new National Park Service took over its care. The U.S. Cavalry had patrolled the park in the years between, the first rangers in all but name. Step by step a Gold-Rush militia's valley had become a model that the rest of the country, and much of the world, would copy.

Our Yosemite logo carries California's grizzly and lone star above “California Republic · Est. 1850,” the year of statehood — the shared retro emblem of every Merlin Classics California place. Printed in a worn black-and-white that recalls an old WPA park poster and a crate-label stamp, the bear is California in shorthand: wild, durable, and at home in big country. The bear is the through-line that links Yosemite to every other California place we make. What makes this one Yosemite is everything around it — the granite of Half Dome and El Capitan, the sequoias, the waterfalls, and the valley that taught America to save its wild places.

Why People Visit Yosemite

Yosemite offers wilderness on a scale few places can match — a glacier-cut valley of granite cliffs and waterfalls, giant sequoias older than the country, and the high Sierra beyond, all carrying the founding story of the national-park idea. Visitors come for Half Dome, El Capitan, and the falls, and stay for the sequoias, the meadows, and the long Sierra light. From a valley stroll to the high country, it rewards a day or a week. It is timeless, humbling, and unmistakably California.

Yosemite California Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the California Republic bear and Est. 1850