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Gainesville Florida Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - White Logo

Gainesville Florida Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - White Logo

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The Gainesville tank, for the town that lets the prairie run wild. Lightweight Airlume cotton jersey with the Gainesville vintage retro logo on the chest in white, for the hottest months of the year.

The tank is the summer Gainesville 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.

A retail-fit unisex tank in lightweight Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton. Side seams and self-fabric binding help it hold its shape, the label tears away, and it runs true to size for adults. Solids are 100% cotton; select heather and prism shades may include cotton–poly or cotton–poly–rayon blends.

Gainesville was chosen as the Alachua County seat at a picnic at Boulware Springs in 1853, laid out on Black Oak Ridge in 1854 and named for General Edmund Gaines of the Second Seminole War. The Florida Railroad reached it in 1859, and the East Florida Seminary, forerunner of the university, moved here in 1866.

Paynes Prairie, Florida’s first state preserve since 1971, is 23,000 acres of wild bison, free-roaming horses and alligators an hour from a research lab, and the Devil’s Millhopper sinkhole drops 120 feet into its own rainforest. The 1911 Hippodrome and the Duckpond’s live oaks anchor downtown. Real Florida is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — GAINESVILLE FL COTTON JERSEY TANK

Town: Gainesville, Florida

Founded: 1854; incorporated 1869

Known for: Paynes Prairie Preserve, Florida’s first state preserve; the Devil’s Millhopper; the Duckpond historic district

Art: Gainesville 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

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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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 retro Gainesville designs draw on all of it — the prairie's bison and wide horizons, steamboats on a lake that vanished, live oaks and Spanish moss, the Duckpond's gables and Depot Park's rails, and the springs-and-sinkhole country of real North Florida. Each piece is rendered in the vintage travel style we build for every American town we love — made to feel like a postcard from the trailhead you can wear.

And yet the wild kept its seat at the table — that is the Gainesville difference. Paynes Prairie became Florida's first state preserve in 1971, returning bison and wild horses to Bartram's savanna. Devil's Millhopper — the 120-foot sinkhole with a rainforest in its bowl — became a geological state park. Sweetwater Wetlands, San Felasco Hammock, Boulware Springs, and the springs country beyond ring the city in green, while the Duckpond's Victorian streets, the Thomas Center's gardens, Depot Park's restored railyard, and Tom Petty Park — named for the city's most famous musical son — keep the town's own story close. Few American cities of this size live this near to their landscape.

Why People Visit Gainesville Florida

Gainesville blends wild Florida and a working college town. Visitors come for the prairie and the springs, the sinkhole country, the historic district's porches and oaks, and a downtown anchored by the Hippodrome's marquee. It is shaded, walkable, and rooted in place — North-Central Florida at its most genuine, with the real Florida outside the city limits and a century of college-town culture inside them.

Gainesville Florida Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring North-Central Florida heritage motifs