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Tallahassee Florida Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

Tallahassee Florida Retro Vintage Washed Cap - Charcoal Logo

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This is our retro Tallahassee, Florida 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.

Hernando de Soto wintered at the Apalachee town of Anhaica in 1539 and kept the first Christmas in North America there; Mission San Luis served as the Spanish provincial capital from 1633 to 1704. Tallahassee was chosen as Florida’s capital in 1824 as the midpoint between St. Augustine and Pensacola, and the name is Muskogean for old fields.

The porticoed Old Capitol was finished in 1845 with statehood and wears its candy-striped awnings still; the Battle of Natural Bridge in 1865 kept it the only uncaptured Confederate capital east of the Mississippi. Five canopy roads tunnel through live oaks and Spanish moss in the Red Hills. The capital under the oaks 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 — TALLAHASSEE FL WASHED COTTON CAP — CHARCOAL LOGO

Town: Tallahassee, Florida

Founded: 1824; incorporated 1825

Known for: Florida’s capital since 1824; the candy-striped Old Capitol; the canopy roads; Mission San Luis

Art: Tallahassee 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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The capital itself grew slowly into stone. The Old Capitol rose in the years around Florida's 1845 statehood, and over time gained its grand portico, its red-and-white striped awnings, and the 1902 dome that still marks the skyline; saved from the wrecking ball in 1978, it is now the Florida Historic Capitol Museum, standing in front of the plain 22-story New Capitol tower finished in 1977. The pairing — candy-striped Victorian dome against a modern slab — is the whole arc of the place in one view. And all of it sits in the Red Hills, the rolling, hardwood-covered ‘first high land’ that makes Tallahassee feel more like south Georgia than the Florida of the postcards.

The Spanish came back not with armies but with friars. Through the 1600s a chain of Franciscan missions ran across Apalachee country, and the largest, Mission San Luis, served from the 1650s as the western capital of Spanish Florida — a fortified hilltop town of Spanish colonists and Apalachee Christians, a council house and a church side by side. It was abandoned and burned around 1704 amid English-led raids from the north. Today San Luis is the only reconstructed Spanish mission in Florida, rebuilt on its original ground as a living-history site — the deepest layer of the city, walkable again.

Why People Visit Tallahassee

Tallahassee blends civic history with surprising green space. Visitors mix the capitol buildings and downtown museums with canopy-road drives, gardens, and easy urban trails. It is scholarly, calm, and quietly scenic, with year-round appeal in its parks, paths, and public spaces. This is Old Florida and the modern capital at once — history and everyday culture sitting side by side under the oaks in a welcoming way.

Tallahassee Florida Merlin Classics retro logo — Florida alligator, Florida Territory Est. 1845