Lynden Transfer Alcan Highway Express 1906 Vintage Men’s T-Shirt

In 1906, 23-year-old Ed Austin started a business hauling goods from the railroad station to local businesses with a horse-drawn wagon in Lynden, Washington. Calling his new business Lynden Transfer, Austin hauled everything from furniture and produce to animal feed and machinery. He added a second wagon team running between Lynden and Bellingham. In 1921, Austin added a two-and-a-half-ton truck to haul eggs and milk into Seattle, with a second truck added shortly thereafter. By 1947, Lynden was running two tractor-trailer rigs and two straight trucks full time, but Austin was looking to retire and sold Lynden Transfer. The new owners wanted to expand further north… to Fairbanks, Alaska. Despite being told that semi trucks navigating the rugged Alaska-Canada (Alcan) Highway was impossible, Lynden proved everyone wrong by delivering a load of fresh meat in 1953. Being faster than ocean and cheaper than air quickly made Lynden a household name in Alaska, and in 1954 the company began running regular routes between Seattle and multiple cities in Alaska.

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.

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.

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.