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Nome Alaska Vintage Retro Womens Fitted Ringspun Cotton Tee - Black Logo

Nome Alaska Vintage Retro Womens Fitted Ringspun Cotton Tee - Black Logo

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The Nome women’s fitted tee, for the town that is the finish line of the Iditarod. Slim, contoured ringspun cotton with the Nome vintage retro logo on the chest in black, cut for anyone who finds the unisex tee boxy.

The fitted cut is the reason to choose this one over the unisex tee: a longer body, side seams and a slimmer line that still wears soft. It is the Nome shirt for the weekend, the reunion and the beach-bag, and it runs small, so size up if you are between sizes.

Women’s fitted ringspun cotton t-shirt with a soft, lightweight jersey feel and a classic crewneck. Slim, contoured fit with a longer body length, side-seam construction, and a tear-away label; this style runs smaller than usual. Solid colors are 100% cotton; select heather/blend shades may include a cotton–polyester mix.

The Three Lucky Swedes found gold at Anvil Creek on September 22, 1898, the beach itself turned out to be gold in 1899, and a tent city of ten thousand or more rose on the Bering Sea; Wyatt Earp ran the Dexter Saloon from 1899 to 1901 and the city incorporated in 1901. In the serum run of 1925 twenty mushers relayed diphtheria antitoxin 700 miles in 127 hours to save the town.

Every March since 1973 the Iditarod has ended under the Burled Arch on Front Street, and the 1901 St. Joseph’s Church survived the 1913 storm and the 1934 fire that took the rest of gold-rush Nome. Russia lies 161 miles across the Bering Strait. There is no place like Nome, and it is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — NOME AK WOMEN'S FITTED TEE

Town: Nome, Alaska

Founded: Gold strike 1898; incorporated 1901

Known for: Finish line of the Iditarod since 1973; the 1898 gold rush at Anvil Creek; the 1925 serum run; 161 miles from Russia

Art: Nome vintage retro logo, black (printed)

Blank: Women’s fitted ringspun cotton tee, slim contoured fit, longer body, side-seamed

Fabric: Solids 100% cotton; heather/blend shades cotton–polyester

Fit note: Runs smaller than usual

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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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In January 1925, diphtheria broke out in Nome, and the nearest serum sat 674 miles away in Nenana. Twenty mushers and their dog teams ran it west in relay — 127 hours through interior cold that fell below minus forty. Leonhard Seppala and his lead dog Togo drove the longest and most dangerous leg, roughly 260 miles including a shortcut across the shifting sea ice of Norton Sound; Gunnar Kaasen and Balto brought the serum the final 55 miles into town through an eighty-mile-an-hour blizzard, arriving at 5:30 on the morning of February 2. The epidemic was stopped. The Great Race of Mercy made national heroes of the mushers and both dogs — and Alaskans will tell you Togo’s run was the harder one.

Today Nome is a town of about 3,700 with no road to the rest of Alaska — you fly in or you sail. Gold dredges rust on the tundra, beach permits still let visitors pan the sand, muskox graze the peninsula, and the aurora rolls overhead from September into March. And the next chapter is underway: the Port of Nome is being expanded into the first deep-draft Arctic port in the United States, a gateway to the opening Arctic. Its story runs from the Iñupiat homeland through the last great gold rush, the Serum Run, and the race that still finishes here. Wear it for where you’re from, where you explored, or where you’re still headed. There’s no place like Nome.

Why People Visit Nome Alaska

Nome combines gold-rush history, sled-dog tradition, Bering Strait geography, and open tundra in a way no other town can. Visitors come for race week in March, for the beach where the last great American gold rush ended, for muskox and wildflowers in the long summer light, for the aurora, and for the plain fact that the road runs out here. Remote, resilient, unforgettable.

Nome Alaska Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the distressed bear motif and 1959 Alaska statehood year