Chubby & Tubby Classic Delivery 1947 Vintage Men’s T-Shirt

$29.95

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Description

On Saturday, November 22, 1947, a war-surplus shop called Chubby & Tubby at 3333 Rainier Avenue S. held its Grand Opening in Seattle. The business — which is initially based in a set of metal military Quonset huts on a corner lot (formerly site of a Signal gas station) in Seattle’s Rainier Valley neighborhood — had actually been open for about five weeks. But it seems that the two rotund owners – Woodrow “Tubby” Auge and Irvin “Chubby” Frese – still had a few organizational wrinkles to iron out before making things official: In fact, for those first five start-up weeks the company was actually called “Tubby & Chubby.” Chubby & Tubby’s business grew to the extent that about four years later they were able to expand into a three-store chain with new outlets up north near Green Lake (7906 Aurora Avenue N) and down south in White Center (9556 16th SW) – a shop that was moved to Renton in 2001. Each of these stores was appreciated for their great prices and a crazy array of goods. Chubby & Tubby became local fixtures that, many years later, The Seattle Times would honor in an editorial: “just about every grown man in every Chubby & Tubby neighborhood recalls buying sweatpants, a fishing pole, garden tools or a pack of nails at the store. Chubby & Tubby is one of those places so old-fashioned and comfortable it is like spending a half-hour with an old friend. You never quite know what you will find roaming the sometimes messy aisles.” – The Seattle Times December 19, 2002.

Details

Like all our designs, this one is treated with our signature ‘relic-ing’ process which includes our own secret recipe of hand-painted chipping, cracking, fading, and just the right touch of yellowing to ensure that it looks the part of a true vintage imprint.** We lay these works of art down on premium Bella+Canvas 3001 Unisex Jersey Short Sleeve Tees, one of the softest, best-wearing t-shirts available today, via state of the art direct to garment (DTG) printing which allows us to create a vintage effect that simply can’t be accomplished with other printing methods. In short, these shirts are everything you’ve dreamed of and more – it feels soft and lightweight with just the right amount of stretch making it comfortable and flattering for both men and women.

100% combed and ring-spun cotton*
Fabric weight: 4.2 oz (142 g/m2)
30 single
Tear-away label
Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
Side-seamed
Retail fit
Runs true to size

Sizing

Not sure what size is your best fit? We recommend taking one of your current t-shirts, laying it flat and measuring it. The measurements in the chart below are taken with the shirt laying on a flat surface. To get the length, measure from the high shoulder point down to the bottom of the shirt. To get the width, measure approximately 1-inch below the armhole, across the chest, from seam to seam. While our tees are all made using premium, pre-shrunk, ring-spun cotton, there can be some shrinkage depending on your personal wash and dry cycles. With that said, if you’re on the fence, we always suggest going up a size.

	S	M	L	XL	2XL	3XL
Width	18	20	22.01	24.02	25.99	28
Length	28	29.02	30	31.03	32.01	33
Sleeves	8.9	9.18	9.45	9.73	10	10.4

All sizes are provided in inches!

*Heather colors are 52% combed and ring-spun cotton/48% polyester. Athletic and Black Heather is 90% combed and ring-spun cotton/10% polyester. Ash color is 99% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton and 1% poly. **Due to the nature of the printing process and different sizes of shirts offered, imprint position and scale may vary slightly from the product images, but we do our best to be as accurate as possible.