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San Diego California Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - White Logo

San Diego California Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - White Logo

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The San Diego tank, for the town that is where California began. Lightweight Airlume cotton jersey with the San Diego vintage retro logo on the chest in white, for the hottest months of the year.

The tank is the summer San Diego piece: light enough for the trail, the boat and the porch, cut in a retail unisex fit that runs true to size. Order it before the warm weather does the deciding for you.

Unisex jersey tank made from lightweight Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton with a retail fit. Side-seam construction and self-fabric binding help it hold shape, with a tear-away label, and it runs true to size for adults. Solid colors are 100% cotton; select heather/prism shades may include cotton–poly or cotton–poly–rayon blends.

Cabrillo claimed the bay for Spain in 1542, and on July 16, 1769, Mission San Diego de Alcalá and the Presidio were founded, the first of the twenty-one missions and the first European settlement on the West Coast of the present United States. The American city incorporated in 1850 and Alonzo Horton laid out the modern downtown in 1867.

The 1915 Panama-California Exposition built Balboa Park’s Spanish Colonial Revival core, 1,200 acres and the largest urban cultural park in the nation; the Hotel del Coronado has stood on the Silver Strand since 1888, and the Navy fills one of the great natural harbors. Seventy degrees year-round on a bay that has been America’s harbor since 1769 is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — SAN DIEGO CA COTTON JERSEY TANK

Town: San Diego, California

Founded: July 16, 1769; city 1850

Known for: Birthplace of California (1769); Balboa Park; the Hotel del Coronado (1888); San Diego Bay and the Navy

Art: San Diego vintage retro logo, white (printed)

Blank: Unisex jersey tank, retail fit, side-seamed, self-fabric binding

Fabric: Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton; solids 100% cotton, heather/prism shades blended

Label: Tear-away

Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL

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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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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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Through the World Wars the harbor turned San Diego into a Navy city. The deep bay and mild weather made it an ideal homeport, and the fleet, the air station on North Island, and the Marine recruit depot grew into the economic backbone of the region — the Pacific Fleet's principal home and one of the largest naval concentrations anywhere. The bay fed the city too: by mid-century the tuna fleet, crewed largely by Portuguese and Italian fishing families, had made San Diego the tuna capital of the world, and the old Naval Training Center on Point Loma lives on today as Liberty Station. The city built airplanes as well: Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis was designed and assembled in San Diego in 1927. For generations of sailors and Marines, 'stationed in San Diego' has been a line in countless life stories, and the phrase still carries the salt air, the gray ships, and the harbor that taught them the Pacific.

Our San Diego logo carries the California Republic bear and star above '1850,' the year of statehood — the shared retro emblem of every Merlin Classics California place. Rendered in a worn black-and-white that recalls a WPA poster or an old crate label, the bear-and-star is California in shorthand: tough, independent, and sun-bleached. The bear is the through-line that links San Diego to every other California place we make. What makes this one San Diego is everything around it — the bay and the fleet, Balboa Park's towers, the mission and the presidio, and the Coronado roofline across the water.

Why People Visit San Diego

San Diego rewards visitors with a rare mix: deep early-California history, a working Navy harbor, great parks, and miles of Pacific coast under a famously mild sky. People come for Balboa Park and the bay, the beaches and Point Loma sunsets, and the story of the city where California began — historic, easygoing, unmistakably Californian.

San Diego California Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the California bear and star and 1850