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Buy T-shirts that existed before T-shirts existed. U.S Presidential campaigns, medieval life, tour shirts from Galileo, Darwin, etc., historic Spring Breaks (USSR, Cuba). Original, artistic and witty. Show 'em you were there then.
Original, often poorly thought-out campaign slogans including "I Got Drunk and Voted Millard Fillmore," (1856) "Hang on to Your Johnson!" (re-elect Andrew Johnson, 1868), and "I Want <i>Slighty Less</i> Corruption So I'm Voting Garfied!" (1880).
YE OLDE POLITICS
Vintage presidential campaign shirts & more.
What exactly did the peasantry wear during the Middle Ages, aside from rags and mud? Now you know. They wore t-shirts reading, "Yeoman of the Month" and "Kiss Me I'm Not Consumptive" and "This Is what Oppressed Looks Like."
MEDIEVAL ISH
Yeomen, Harlots, Consumption oh my!
OK, in terms of popularity, the Communist World was not exactly Disney World. That's what makes these historic, vintage, original Spring Break T-shirts from the Soviet Union, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany and Yugoslavia so unusual. And retro cool.
HISTORIC SPRING BREAKS
Original, exclusive tour T-shirts and merchandise from Galileo Galilei’s 1632 “Don’t Tell the Pope” Sun-Centered Lecture Tour. Great gifts for students, smart folk, or people who are into heresy. Click to see the tour dates on the back.
Galileo
'Don't Tell the Pope' Heresy Tour - 1632
Buy now while evolution is still legal! Original, exclusive tour T-shirts and merchandise from Charles Darwin’s 1835 “Evolution Tour.” Great gifts for students, academics, or people who just want to look and wear smart. Tour dates on shirt backs.
Charles Darwin
The 'Evolution' Tour - 1835
Original, exclusive tour T-shirts from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s attempt to corner the urban/classical crossover market: his 1771 European Tour as “Mo-Z.” Great gifts for students, music lovers, or people who want to look smart. Tour dates on back.
Mozart
'Mo-Z' European Tour - 1771
You missed it the first time, but you can still get original, exclusive tour shirts from Ferdinand Magellan's “(Hopefully the) WORLD (Is Round) TOUR" of 1519. Great gift for students, explorers, and admirers of 16th Century pluck. Tour dates on back.
Ferdinand Magellan
I hope the WORLD is round TOUR - 1519
Everyone who wasn't slaughtered by Attila loves the guy. Show people you were one of the lucky ones with official, exclusive merchandise from his "Huns in the Sun" tour of 451 A.D. Great gifts for students, warriors, and Hunabees. Tour dates on back.
Attila the Hun
'Huns in the Sun' Tour - 451
Exclusive, original tour T-shirts from Geoffrey Chaucer’s 1392 Feudalpalooza Lecture Tour of Engelond! Chaucer’s “Booke Signyng” tour shirts make great gifts for students, academics, or people who just want to look smart. Tour dates on back.
Geoffrey Chaucer
'Feudalpalooza' Tour of Engelond- 1392
After Poe died, these original souvenirs from his 1848 "Poe Pitiful Me" tour were buried in a wall in his house, along with his Aunt Sadie. But we've dug them out. Check the lecture topics on the back.
Edgar Allan Poe
The 'Poe Pitiful Me' Lecture Tour - 1848
In 1864, Gen. Sherman gave Savannah to President Lincoln as a Christmas present. How did he pay for the gift? By selling thousands of “Heat a Peach” tour shirts during his scorched-earth march through Georgia. Tour cities and dates on back.
Gen. Wm. T. Sherman
'Heat a Peach' Tour of Georgia - 1864
Original, exclusive tour T-shirts from Johann Sebastian Bach's classical/hip hop experiment: his 1734 "Baroque 2 Da Bone" Tour as "The Notorious J.S.B." Great gifts for students, music lovers, or people who like wearing something that says "Bach Off."
JS Bach
'Baroque 2 Da Bone' Tour of Europe - 1734
Original, exclusive tour T-shirts and merchandise from Genghis Kahn & the Mongol Horde’s "Kahn-tagious Tour" of 1219. Yes, “Kahn-tagious.” Turns out Genghis was into puns. And genocide. Tour dates on back.
Genghis Kahn
The 'Kahn-Tagious' Tour of Asia - 1219
Were you in France in 1429? Yeah? Really? You're lying! But pretend you were with our original, exclusive Joan of Arc "Girls' Knight Out" Tour shirts. Stylish and colorful gifts for women, knights, or women who go out at night. Tour dates on back.
Joan of Arc
The 'Girls Knight Out' Tour - 1429
Original, exclusive merchandise from William Shakespeare's “Much Ado About Me” lecture tour of 1605. Tour dates and lecture topics on back, including “Yes I Am the Reale Shakespeare," and “Hark This: Ben Johnson Can Goe Shagg Himselfe.”
William Shakespeare
The 'Much Ado About Me' Tour - 1605
From the minds of SatireWire.com, ThenWear brings you T-Shirts that existed before T-shirts existed. Tour tees from Mozart + Galileo, campaign shirts from Roosevelt, Soviet Spring Break shirts. Original, artistic, and funny. For info: Andrew@ThenWear.com
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