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Westbrook Connecticut Vintage Retro Cotton Jersey Baby Bodysuit - Black Logo

Westbrook Connecticut Vintage Retro Cotton Jersey Baby Bodysuit - Black Logo

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The Westbrook baby bodysuit, for the town that is where the submarine was born. Soft fine jersey with the Westbrook vintage retro logo on the front in black, newborn to 24 months.

This is the new-baby gift from the hometown: light, soft, with a snap crotch that makes changes easy and a logo the parents will photograph. Order it as soon as the news arrives; it is the Westbrook piece most often bought for someone else.

Unisex infant bodysuit made from soft, breathable fine jersey with a light 4.5 oz (153 g/m²) weight. Ribbed binding and side seams add durability, and the secure snap crotch makes changes easy. Solid colors are 100% combed ringspun cotton; heather shades include a cotton–polyester blend.

Settled around 1648 as the Oyster River Quarter of Saybrook, Westbrook became a parish in 1724, took its name in 1810 and incorporated in 1840. In 1775 a farmer’s son from this town, David Bushnell, built the Turtle while at Yale, the first submarine ever used in combat, in New York Harbor in 1776; the Navy still credits him as a father of submarine warfare.

White oak and chestnut from the hills fed a century of shipbuilding, the Salt Island menhaden works ran through the 1800s, and the summer resort era began in the 1870s. Four miles of beaches, the Pochaug and Menunketesuck salt marshes and Duck Island face the Sound. The mark on this piece is the Turtle’s hometown.


QUICK FACTS — WESTBROOK CT COTTON JERSEY BABY BODYSUIT

Town: Westbrook, Connecticut

Founded: Settled c.1648; incorporated 1840

Known for: Birthplace of David Bushnell’s Turtle, the first combat submarine (1775); salt marshes and four miles of Sound shoreline

Art: Westbrook vintage retro logo, black (printed)

Blank: Unisex infant bodysuit, ribbed binding, side seams, snap crotch

Fabric: 4.5 oz (153 g/m²) fine jersey; solids 100% combed ringspun cotton, heathers cotton–polyester

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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.

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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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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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Then the inventor vanished. After the war and a failed venture in France, Bushnell dropped from public life entirely — and resurfaced, years later, in Georgia as "Dr. David Bush," a quiet country physician and teacher. Only after his death in Warrenton in 1824 did neighbors learn that the doctor down the road had invented the submarine. His hometown never forgot: the old red Bushnell homestead near the village is kept today as his memorial.

Today Westbrook is a quiet Long Island Sound town of about seven thousand — salt marshes and a common river mouth, masts in the harbor at Pilots Point, the town green on the old Boston Post Road, and the Town Center Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017, that records three centuries of shoreline New England. Greek Revival and colonial homes along the old road still carry the markers of the "Descendants of Westbrook Settlers," and out in the marsh the cedar rise of Hawk's Nest keeps the shoreline's older geography in view. It is a town that wears its history lightly — and has more of it than almost anyone passing through would guess.

Why People Visit Westbrook

Westbrook offers quiet shoreline New England with a remarkable story beneath it. Visitors come for the beaches, the marsh and harbor, the historic town center, and the distinction of standing in the birthplace of the submarine. It's low-key, scenic, and steeped in Long Island Sound maritime heritage.

Westbrook Connecticut Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring an oyster shell over Connecticut Est. 1636