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St Helena California Vintage Retro Embroidered Cotton Cap - Black Logo

St Helena California Vintage Retro Embroidered Cotton Cap - Black Logo

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The St. Helena cap, for the town that is Napa Valley’s Main Street. An unstructured cotton dad cap with the St. Helena vintage retro logo embroidered on the front in black thread.

The cap is the easiest St. Helena 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.

Unisex embroidered dad cap with an unstructured 6-panel, low-profile fit and a Permacurv visor. Made from breathable cotton with a self-fabric hideaway strap and antique-brass buckle, plus a matching undervisor and four-row visor stitching for durability. All colors are 100% cotton; the camo variation is 65% polyester / 35% cotton. Classic embroidered finish — durable and vintage-inspired. Because embroidery uses thread (not ink), slight differences from the digital product image are normal and part of the process. Full details explained in our Embroidery footer.

Settlers opened a store here in the 1850s, Dr. Crane identified the soils in 1859 and Charles Krug made the valley’s pioneering commercial vintage in 1861. The town incorporated in 1876, the same year Beringer was founded; Robert Louis Stevenson spent his 1880 honeymoon in the valley, and the Rhine House of 1884 and the stone Greystone Cellars of 1888 came out of the Gilded Age.

Half a mile of Victorian storefronts anchors Main Street, the Bale Grist Mill stands north of town, and the dormant volcano of Mount St. Helena rises 4,341 feet over the upper valley floor between the Mayacamas and the Vacas. Napa Valley’s Main Street is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — ST. HELENA CA EMBROIDERED COTTON CAP

Town: St. Helena, California

Founded: Settled 1850s; incorporated 1876

Known for: Napa Valley’s Main Street; the valley’s founding wineries (Krug 1861, Beringer 1876); Mount St. Helena; Victorian Main Street

Art: St. Helena vintage retro logo, black (embroidered)

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

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

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

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

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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.

Our St. Helena logo carries the same emblem every Merlin Classics California place wears — the grizzly bear and lone star of the state flag, above "California Republic · Est. 1850," the year of statehood, printed in a worn, hand-pressed black and white. The bear is California's mark, the through-line that ties St. Helena to every other California town we make. What makes this one St. Helena is everything around it: the mountain at the head of the valley, the old stone cellars, and the vineyards running off in every direction. On a tee or a cap it reads less like a souvenir than a small piece of the Napa Valley itself.

What's with Mount St. Helena? The town takes its name from the mountain that stands at the head of the valley — Mount St. Helena, a 4,340-foot peak that closes off the upper Napa Valley to the north. (It is not, despite a century of confusion, the volcano: that's Mount St. Helens, a different mountain and a different spelling, a thousand miles up in Washington.) Mount St. Helena is the quiet giant of wine country — the cool night air that slides down off it is part of what makes the grapes here what they are — and, as you'll see, it has its own literary ghost.

Why People Visit St Helena

St. Helena offers Napa Valley at its most walkable and unhurried — a real town in the middle of the vineyards, with deep wine heritage, a literary past, and the mountain overhead. Visitors come for the tasting country and the scenery and stay for the small-town stone streets and the easy pace. It is refined without being precious, and beautiful in every season.

St Helena California Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the California grizzly bear and star above California Republic Est. 1850