Territorial Enterprise and Virginia City News 1952 Vintage Men’s T-Shirt

Description

The Territorial Enterprise, founded by William Jernegan and Alfred James in 1858, was a newspaper published in Virginia City, Nevada. Noted authors Mark Twain and Dan DeQuille wrote for the paper during the 1860s, getting masthead status thanks to their national popularity. The paper would change hands several times and eventually stop publishing in the 1930s. In 1951, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg bought the Virginia City News which owned the Territorial Enterprise. Beebe had done his homework and knew about the iconic sleeping giant that lay hidden in the dusty archives, and on May 2, 1952, after a 36-year slumber, the Territorial Enterprise and Virginia City News conjoined publication made its debut. Within two years the new paper became the largest weekly west of the Mississippi, and eventually had readers in all 50 states and 16 foreign countries, and continued to grow and thrive well into the ’80s.

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.

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.