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Tampa Florida Vintage Retro Unisex Heavy Cotton Tee - Black Logo

Tampa Florida Vintage Retro Unisex Heavy Cotton Tee - Black Logo

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The Tampa tee, for the town that is Cigar City. A classic unisex heavy cotton t-shirt with the Tampa vintage retro logo on the chest in black: the default Tampa shirt, and the one most people start with.

This is the everyday Tampa shirt: medium-weight cotton that holds up to real washing, a crewneck that fits everyone, and a logo that reads as a crest rather than a billboard. Buy it for yourself, buy a second for the person who keeps saying they want one, and it ships free in the U.S.

A classic-fit unisex tee in medium-weight heavy cotton jersey. Crewneck, tubular construction, and taped shoulders for durability, with a DTG-printed design. Solids are 100% cotton; select heather and antique shades may use cotton–poly blends.

Fort Brooke went up at the mouth of the Hillsborough River in 1824 and the town incorporated in 1855. Ybor City was founded in 1885, and its 1886 Ybor Factory was the largest cigar factory in the world; by the early 1900s the tabaqueros of Ybor were hand-rolling more cigars than Havana.

Henry Plant’s silver-minareted Tampa Bay Hotel opened in 1891, the first Gasparilla pirate invasion came ashore in 1904, and on January 1, 1914, the first scheduled commercial airline flight in the world landed here from St. Petersburg. Bayshore Boulevard runs one of the longest continuous sidewalks anywhere. Cigar City is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — TAMPA FL HEAVY COTTON TEE

Town: Tampa, Florida

Founded: Fort Brooke 1824; incorporated 1855

Known for: Cigar City and Ybor City (1885); Plant’s minareted Tampa Bay Hotel (1891); Gasparilla

Art: Tampa vintage retro logo, black (printed)

Blank: Unisex heavy cotton tee, classic fit, crewneck, tubular construction, taped shoulders

Fabric: Solids 100% cotton; heather/antique shades cotton–poly

Print: DTG, black ink

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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.

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Tampa learned early how to throw a party and chase the future at once. The first Gasparilla festival sailed into the bay in 1904, a civic carnival built around the legend of the pirate Jose Gaspar that still fills the streets every January. A decade later, on the first day of 1914, the aviator Tony Jannus flew the world's first scheduled commercial airline flight across the bay from St. Petersburg to Tampa — the beginning of an entire industry, launched over Tampa's water.

What turned the frontier town into a city was Ybor City. Martinez Ybor, his partner Eduardo Manrara, rival manufacturer Ignacio Haya, and the engineer Gavino Gutierrez laid out a planned cigar town that quickly became one of the most distinctive immigrant communities in the South. The tabaqueros rolled at long benches while a lector read aloud from newspapers and novels to the whole gallery. Cuban, Spanish, Sicilian, and Afro-Cuban families built mutual-aid clubs — El Centro Espanol, the Centro Asturiano — that ran their own clinics and ballrooms. The Cuban sandwich and cafe con leche are Ybor inventions. At its peak Ybor and neighboring West Tampa held scores of brick factories employing thousands of rollers. It was, and is, a true Latin Quarter.

Why People Visit Tampa

Tampa draws travelers who want real heritage with Gulf sunshine — the brick-and-cigar history of Ybor's Latin Quarter, the fairy-tale minarets of Plant's hotel, the bay and the Riverwalk, and a pirate festival unlike anywhere else. It is a city that wears its immigrant, working-waterfront story openly, an easy gateway to the Gulf beaches just across the bay.

Tampa Florida Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the Florida alligator and Florida Territory Est. 1845