Miscellaneous Clothing Tag Timeline By Year

An evolving Miscellaneous t shirt clothing tag label history by year.

How I came up with the years for the tags:

The date on a graphic tee doesn't necessarily mean that was the date the shirt was produced. The copyright dates are the date the image itself was copyrighted and not necessarily when the shirt was printed. Sorry but that Snoopy tee was most likely not made in 1965. A dated event graphic like a 1979 Annual Chili Cook Off is more likely to represent the true vintage age of the shirt. Unless it was a graphic popular enough to be reprinted, there is no reason a t-shirt with an event date would be printed in a later year than it states. Of course, any event shirt could always have been printed on an older blank shirt that the shirt printing business had in stock which is why you might see different tags for the same year. Unless we get a tag history directly from the shirt companies, this can never be an exact science. The years for the tags below were taken from shirts that had years for events that the shirt design was featuring and not from copyright dates. This blog is evolving and will be updated as I collect more examples. This is a tool for me that I am providing to you.

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All Sport Heavyweight:

Y2Ks 2000s:

2002

Alore - Made In USA:

1990s:

1992

 

1993

America Project - Made In USA:

1980s:

1988

Artex - RN32630:

1970s:

1976

Bomark - Made In USA:

1980s:

1984

Brazos Sportswear - Made In USA:

1990s:

1998

B.V.D. BVD:

1970s:

1975

California Casuals Sports Wear - Made In USA:

1990s:

1993

Comfort Colors:

2000s:

2011

DG Sportswear - Made In USA:

1980s:

1988

Dunbrooke - Pla-Jac - Made In USA:

1980s:

1988

Ebert Sportswear:

1970s:

1971

Fantasy - Super Fantasy - 55774:

1980s:

1982

Fun Tees - Made In USA:

1980s:

1984

 

Hang Ten:

1980s:

1980

Hefty Heavy Weight - Made In USA:

1970s:

1978

L.A. LA Sportswear:

1990s:

1998

M&O Knits - HeavyWeight - RN57964:

2000s:

Y2Ks

Mayo Spruce Sportswear:

1970s:

1978

Medallion - Made In USA:

1980s:

1984

Miller - Made In USA:

1980s:

1983

1988

Model T - Made In USA - 61817:

1990s:

1992

My Shirt Is Made In The U.S.A. - Made In USA - RN70047:

1980s:

1986

National Fifty-Fifty Heavyweight - Made In USA:

1980s:

1987

Native Sun - Made In USA:

1990s:

1995

Platinum Plus - Made In USA:

1990s:

1991

Pro Player - Made In USA - RN13765:

1990s:

1997

R&D Fine Apparel - Fine T - RN61476:

1980s:

1982

Santee by Pluma:

1990s:

1997

Sunbelt Sportswear - Made In USA:

1980s:

1986

Switcher:

1980s:

1985

1985 Sweatshirt

1990s:

1994

Thunderbird Sportswear - Made In USA:

1980s:

1987

Tour Sportswear - Made In USA:

1980s:

1984

T Plus - TPlus - Made In USA:

1980s:

1987

UTS:

1980s:

1986

Vogel Mills & Mfg:

1980s:

1982

Whitewater Mfg Inc:

1990s:

1990

Wolf Of Waco - Made In USA - RN19717:

1970s:

1979

Wright's - Made In USA - RN17489:

1980s:

1982