Santa Fe Railway T-Shirt - Vintage The Chief Poster – Airline Employee Shop

Santa Fe Railway T-Shirt - Vintage The Chief Poster

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The Santa Fe Railway "The Chief... is still chief" advertising art printed on a 100% cotton tee.

  • Front: the full "The Chief... is still chief" art for the Santa Fe Railway
  • Shirt: Gildan 2000.
  • Sizes and colors: Small to 4XL in Black, Navy and White
  • Printed to order in Grapevine, Texas

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway named its premier Chicago to Los Angeles train the Chief, and for decades it used Native American imagery to brand both the train and the Southwest it crossed. This sepia-toned design shows a chief in a full feathered headdress above the confident line "The Chief... is still chief," a reply to newer rivals on the route. A Santa Fe advertisement with the same slogan and a portrait of a chief in headdress, preserved in Duke University's Ad*Access collection, is dated 1954. The artist is not recorded.

The Gildan 2000, made with 100% U.S. cotton and the latest breakthrough in soft cotton technology, the Gildan Ultra Cotton family has been remastered for improved printability, quality, and comfort you can see and feel.

Comes in sizes Small to 4XL.

Comes in 3 colors: Black, Navy and White.

Care instructions: Machine wash warm, inside out, with like colors. Only non-chlorine bleach. Tumble dry low. Medium iron. Do not iron decoration. Do not dry clean.

Size S M L XL 2XL 3XL 4XL
Body Length at Back 28" 29" 30" 31" 32" 33" 34"
Chest (shirt, laid flat) 18" 20" 22" 24" 26" 28" 30"
Fits Body Chest Size 34-37" 38-41" 42-45" 46-49" 50-53" 54-57" 58-61"
  • Body Length at Back: Measured from the high point of the shoulder to the finished hem at the back.
  • Chest (shirt, laid flat): Measured across the chest one inch below the armhole when laid flat.
  • Fits Body Chest Size: The body chest measurement each size is designed to fit.