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Valdez Alaska Vintage Retro Womens Fitted Ringspun Cotton Tee - White Logo

Valdez Alaska Vintage Retro Womens Fitted Ringspun Cotton Tee - White Logo

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The Valdez women’s fitted tee, for the town that is the Little Switzerland of Alaska. Slim, contoured ringspun cotton with the Valdez vintage retro logo on the chest in white, 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 Valdez shirt for the weekend, the reunion and the beach-bag, and it runs small, so size up if you are between sizes.

Lightweight ringspun cotton jersey gives this women’s fitted tee its soft feel. The cut is slim and contoured with a longer body length and a classic crewneck, built with side seams and a tear-away label; it runs smaller than usual. Solids are 100% cotton and select heather/blend shades may include a cotton–polyester mix.

Spaniards named the harbor in 1790, Klondike stampeders founded the town as a port of entry in 1898, and the Richardson Highway of 1919, Alaska’s first road, ran north from here over Thompson Pass. The town incorporated in 1901 at the head of a deep Prince William Sound fjord ringed by the Chugach Mountains.

On March 27, 1964, the Good Friday earthquake and its wave swept away the waterfront, and the whole town picked itself up and moved four miles to safer ground between 1964 and 1967. The northernmost ice-free port in North America, it is the gateway to the Columbia Glacier and the end of the pipeline. Glaciers at the end of the fjord are the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — VALDEZ AK WOMEN'S FITTED TEE

Town: Valdez, Alaska

Founded: 1898; incorporated 1901; relocated 1964–67

Known for: The Little Switzerland of Alaska; the northernmost ice-free port in North America; the Columbia Glacier; the town that moved after 1964

Art: Valdez vintage retro logo, white (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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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.

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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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Our Valdez design carries a black bear beneath an arched VALDEZ and the line Alaska Territory · Est. 1959, printed in a worn, woodcut style. The bear is the Alaska of the backcountry — the wild, mountain-and-glacier country the town is set into — and the 1959 date marks Alaska statehood. It reads like an old outfitter's stamp: not a cruise-ship souvenir, but the mark of the glacier town at the end of the fjord, the Little Switzerland of Alaska.

The town that moved. On Good Friday, March 27, 1964, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America struck Prince William Sound. An underwater landslide and the wave that followed swept away the Valdez waterfront, with lives lost at the dock. The ground the old town stood on was judged too unstable to rebuild, so over the next few years Valdez did something few towns have ever done: it picked itself up and moved about four miles to firmer ground, where it stands today. The story of Valdez is not the disaster — it is the rebuilding.

Why People Visit Valdez, AK

People come to Valdez for the scale of it — tidewater glaciers calving into the Sound, peaks straight off the harbor, and snow measured in feet. It is a gold-rush town turned glacier port, the Little Switzerland of Alaska, rugged and beautiful and welcoming at the end of the road from Anchorage.

Valdez, Alaska Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring a bear over Alaska Territory Est. 1959