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Nome Alaska Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - White Logo

Nome Alaska Vintage Retro Unisex Cotton Jersey Tank Top - White Logo

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The Nome tank, for the town that is the finish line of the Iditarod. Lightweight Airlume cotton jersey with the Nome vintage retro logo on the chest in white, for the hottest months of the year.

The tank is the summer Nome 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.

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 COTTON JERSEY TANK

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, 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.

Our Nome logo carries Alaska’s distressed bear over “1959,” the year of statehood — the shared retro emblem of every Merlin Classics Alaska town. Printed in worn black-and-white that recalls a crate stamp or an outfitter’s mark, the bear is the state in shorthand: rugged, patient, at home in hard country. What makes this one Nome is everything around it — the beach that paid in gold, the dog teams, the Bering Sea at the door, and Siberia over the horizon.

The Iñupiat were here first, and they are here still. The coast around Sitŋasuaq — the Iñupiaq name for the Nome area — had been fished and hunted for centuries before any prospector arrived, part of a network of Seward Peninsula communities living by salmon, seal, walrus, and caribou. Roughly half of Nome’s people today are Alaska Native, and the town remains a hub for the surrounding Iñupiat villages of the region. Whatever gold built here, the deeper story of this coast is continuity — a homeland that long predates the stampede and outlasts it.

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